| A cat can jump even seven times as high as it is tall. |
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| A cat cannot see directly under its nose. This is why the cat cannot seem to find tidbits on the floor. |
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| A cat is pregnant for about 58-65 days. |
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| A cat's IQ is only surpassed by that of monkeys and chimps in the world of animals. |
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| A cat's nose pad is as unique as a human fingerprint. No two nose prints are identical. |
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| A cat's sense of smell is about 14 times stronger than ours. |
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| A litter of kittens is called a kindle, and a group of cats is called a clowder. |
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| Americans will spend more on cat food this year than baby food. |
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| Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning when their cats died. |
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| Cat urine glows under a black-light! |
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| Catgut comes from sheep not cats. |
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| Cats are members of the Felidea family. |
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| Cats are the only animals that purr. They can purr at around 26 cycles per second, which is the same frequency as an idling diesel engine. |
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| Cats cannot taste sweet things. |
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| Cats do not think that they are little people. They think that we are big cats. |
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| Cats get an average of 16 hours of sleep per day. |
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| Cats have 32 muscles in each ear and can turn their ear very quickly to catch noise. |
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| Cats have an average of 24 whiskers, arranged in four horizontal rows on each side. |
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| Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four toes on each back paw. |
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| Cats make over 100 different vocal sounds; dogs can make about ten. |
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| Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?! |
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| Domestic cats hate lemons or other citrus scents. |
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| In the cat family, only cheetahs cannot retract their claws. |
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| Jaguars are the only big cats that don't roar. |
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| Julius Ceasar, Henri II, Charles XI, and Napoleon were all afraid of cats. |
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| Kittens are born both blind and deaf. |
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| Most cats have no eyelashes. |
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| Mother cats teach their kittens to use the litter box. |
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| Sir Isaac Newton invented the cat door. |
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| Today there are about 100 distinct breeds of the domestic cat. |
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