Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats

In our last post, we shared 100 Interesting Facts about Dogs and the next topic on our list was some Funny and Interesting Facts on Cats. So we started to collect the best Facts available out there about Cat’s which will make our Cat lovers day.

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  • A group of cats is called a “clowder”
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  • Cats can’t taste sweetness.
  • Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.
  • The longest cat ever measured 48.5 inches (1.23 m) when fully stretched out.
  • Owning a cat can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack by a third.
  • Adult cats only meow to communicate with humans.
  • Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats

  • The CIA spent US$20 million in the 60s training cats to spy on the Soviets. The first spy cat was hit by a taxi.
  • One study found neutered male cats live 62% longer than unneutered ones.
  • Female cats tend to be right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed.
  • A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s.
  • In Korea and Japan, there is a Cat Cafe where you can go to drink coffee and hang out with cats for hours.
  • Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats

  • Cats recognize owners’ voices but seem too cool to care.
  • During the Middle Ages, cats were associated with witchcraft, and on St. John’s Day, people all over Europe would stuff them into sacks and toss the cats into bonfires.
  • Cats are North America’s most popular pets: there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs.
  • The technical term for “hairball” is “bezoar.”
  • Cats make more than 100 different sounds whereas dogs make around 10.
  • Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats

  • The oldest cat breed on record is the Egyptian Mau, which is also the Egyptian language’s word for cat.
  • Today, cats are living twice as long as they did just 50 years ago.
  • Cats prefer their food at room temperature—not too hot, not too cold.
  • Disrupting a cat’s routines can make them act sick.
  • A third of cats’ time spent awake is usually spent cleaning themselves.
  • Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats

  • Some of the cat’s illnesses are similar to humans.
  • Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.
  • Cats have three eyelids.
  • Black cats are considered to bring good luck in Japan.
  • Amazing And Interesting Facts About Cats


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