Cat's aren't exactly color blind; they can see green, blue and red.

Due to some genetic thing, all calico cats are female.

Catgut was often used for the strings in tennis rackets and musical instruments. However, it didn't actually come from cats but from sheep, hogs, and horses.

There are 30 muscles in a cat's ear that control the outer ear, as opposed to only six in humans. By rotating 180 degrees, these muscles allow a cat to hear in all directions without actually moving his head.

Stroking a cat can lower one's blood pressure.

Cats have a sense of smell that is fourteen times stronger than a human's.

There are about 244 bones in a cat's body, which is about 40 more than in the human body.

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