We know that cats have been charming us for a long time now. It’s difficult for humans to not see the greatness and magnificence of cats. And if you want to know more about your feline friend, you’ve come to the right place. Here are both bad and good Mind-Blowing Facts About Cats that you might have not known.
1. Yearly, 4 million cats are eaten in Asia.
2. Mohammed liked cats very much, and it was known that his favorite cat, Muezza, was a tabby. Legend says that the reason why tabby cats have an “M” on top of their heads is that Mohammad would often rest his hand on the cat’s head.
3. A lot of Egyptians worshipped a goddess named Bast, which had a woman’s body and a cat’s head.
4. In ancient Egypt, Smuggling a cat out was punishable by death. Some traders succeeded in smuggling cats, which were sold to rich people in other cities.
5. Cats usually give birth between one to nine kittens. The biggest litter ever delivered was nineteen kittens.
6. Approximately 300,000 mummified felines were found in an Egyptian cemetery. They were used by farmers in the U.S and England for fertilizer.
7. A cat can jump up to five times its own height.
8. An average cat can travel at a speed of 49km/h over a short distance.
9. Cats hear better than dogs.
10. A Hebrew legend once mentioned that Noah prayed to God to help protect all the food that he stored from being eaten by rats. With that, God made the lion sneeze, and a cat came out.
11. Yearly, 40,000 people are bitten by cats in the U.S.
12. North America’s most popular pets are cats: There are 10 million more cats than dogs, and 30% of household in North America owns a cat.
13. Cats were associated with sorcery during the middle ages, so on St. John’s Day, everyone all over Europe would put them into sacks and toss the felines into bonfires. And on holy days, people would celebrate by tossing cats from church towers.
14. At the time of the Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII denounced cats as evil, then thousands of cats were burned while alive. Unfortunately, this led to an explosion in the rat’s population, which worsened the effects of the Black Death.
15. A group of cats is termed a “clowder.”
16. Cats spend 2/3 of their lives sleeping.
17. Cats can make 100 different sounds. While dogs can only do 10.
18. The word “cat” is referring to a family of carnivores that include lions, tigers, leopards, & panters.
19. Family members would shave their eyebrows in mourning if their cat died in ancient Egypt. They were also sometimes mummified and placed in tombs with their owners.
20. If they stare at you then slowly blink, it’ is their way of saying they love and trust you.
