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    Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind-Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture And Everything In Between

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    FOR ALL YOU CAT LOVERS
     
                A cat’s best sense is its hearing. They can rotate their ears 180
    degrees and are capable of hearing 1.6 octaves above the range of a
    human and 1 octave above that of a dog. 
     
                A Calico is not a breed; it’s any tri-color coat domestic cat. Calico
    cats are almost always female.  
     
           Cats have better night vision than humans, but they are nearsighted.
    A cat’s visual acuity ranges from 20/100 to 20/200.  
     
           The ancient Egyptians revered cats in different forms. Bastet was the
    peaceful domestic cat goddess who guarded the home, while Sekhmet
    was the ferocious lioness goddess of war.  
     
           Since cats rarely “meow” toward each other, and only seem to do so
    toward humans, experts believe it’s a trait they developed after
    domestication.  
     
                Cats groom each other by licking to be social, which is known as
    allogrooming. If your cat happens to lick you, it just means she’s
    accepted you into the group.  
     
                The Maine coon is the largest cat breed in the world. These shaggy
    kitties can grow to a length of 38 inches and males can weigh up to 18
    pounds.  
     
                Dogs may be man’s best friend, but there are more than 73 million
    cats in North America compared to 63 million dogs.  
     
           A dog’s brain is larger than a cat’s, but a cat’s brain is more complex.
    Cat brains have about 300 million neurons compared to about 160
    million for dogs.  
     
           Crème Puff the cat was born on August 3, 1967, and passed away on
    August 5, 2005, at the age of 38, making her the oldest cat on record.
    She had only one owner, Jake Perry. 
     
                The ancient Egyptians mummified sacred animals, such as cats.
    Thousands of cat mummies were dedicated to Bubastis in a section of
    the sacred animal necropolis of Saqqara known as the Bubasteion.  
     
           It’s commonly believed that one human year equals seven cat years.
    Vets, though, multiply the cat’s year by four and add 16 years to get
    the “cat years.”  
     
           The Greeks and Romans preferred to keep weasels for rodent control.
    With that said, they did admire feline intelligence and independence.  
     
           Cats sleep from 12 to 20 hours a day. Although cats are usually light
    sleepers, they enter periods of rapid eye movement and likely dream.  
     
           If you own a bunch of cats, then you have a clowder on your hands.
    The term “clowder” is only used to describe groups of domestic cats. 
     
                The CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology’s Operation
    Acoustic Kitty was a plan was to implant listening devices in cats in

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