A cat can spend five or more hours a day grooming himself.
One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
While many parts of Europe and North America consider the black cat a sign of bad luck, in Britain and Australia, black cats are considered lucky.
Cats lived with soldiers in trenches, where they killed mice during World War I.
Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.
Approximately 1/3 of cat owners think their pets are able to read their minds.
Phoenician cargo ships are thought to have brought the first domesticated cats to Europe in about 900 BC.
Mountain lions are strong jumpers, thanks to muscular hind legs that are longer than their front legs.
The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. It can run at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour (113 kilometers an hour).
On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.
According to a Gallup poll, most American pet owners obtain their cats by adopting strays.
Researchers are unsure exactly how a cat purrs. Most veterinarians believe that a cat purrs by vibrating vocal folds deep in the throat. To do this, a muscle in the larynx opens and closes the air passage about 25 times per second.
The biggest wildcat today is the Siberian Tiger. It can be more than 12 feet (3.6 m) long (about the size of a small car) and weigh up to 700 pounds (317 kg).
The silks created by weavers in Baghdad were inspired by the beautiful and varied colors and markings of cat coats. These fabrics were called 'tabby' by European traders.
There are up to 60 million feral cats in the United States alone.
Most cats give birth to a litter of between one and nine kittens. The largest known litter ever produced was 19 kittens, of which 15 survived.
In 1987 cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.
About 37% of American homes today have at least 1 cat.
A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
A cat has more bones than a human being; humans have 206 and the cat has 230 bones.
While many cats enjoy milk, it will give some cats diarrhea.
All cats have claws, and all except the cheetah sheath them when at rest.
Jaguars are the only big cats that don't roar.
Sir Isaac Newton is credited with creating the concept for the pet door that many cats use today to travel outdoors.
A cat's cerebral cortex contains about twice as many neurons as that of dogs. Cats have 300 million neurons, whereas dogs have about 160 million. See, cats rule, dogs drool!