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10 Little Known Cat Facts – Impress Your Friends!

May 27, 2022 By: Summer Samba17 Comments

Summer shares 10 fascinating and little-known cat facts. Impress your friends with your knowledge of feline trivia!

Here are 10 little known cat facts for you. I bet some of this trivia will surprise you!

  1. While dogs and some wild species respond to human yawning by yawning back, cats don’t! My human discovered this by trying to make me yawn, then found out it was backed by research.
     
  2. Taylor Swift’s cat Olivia Benson, has a net worth of 97 million dollars! Which is way more than the late Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette, who is only worth 13 million. But both are outmatched by Instagram influencer Nala, who is worth a cool 100 mil.
     
  3. Isaac Newton invented the cat door because he got tired of having to get up to let his cats in and out of his home. He had a carpenter at the University of Cambridge drill two holes for the cat and her kittens — which can still be seen today.
     
  4. In case you are wondering why your year-old cat is so problematic, it’s because they are developmentally equivalent to a 15-year-old human! Although mentally they pretty much stay at a 2-year-old toddler level. Consider that combo for a moment before you adopt a young cat!
     
  5. Cat shows began in London in 1871. The first one was held at the Crystal Palace and featured mostly moggies (routine domestic cats), with a couple of more exotic breeds added. This included a Manx and a pair of Siamese cats — the first to ever be seen in England.
     
  6. Speaking of Siamese cats, in 1964, a pair of them lived in the Holland Embassy in Russia. They began clawing at the walls, and when the embassy’s employees investigated, they found hidden microphones! Yep, the Russians were spying on them.
     
  7. Cats and humans have identical parts of their brains that rule emotions. So not only do cats have emotions, they are in some ways pretty similar to yours, only with a feline spin.
     
  8. Cats’ cognitive abilities are superior to dogs, and they are capable of solving much more difficult problems. They are harder to study because they aren’t as willing to please.
     
  9. As for anatomy, cats have 54 loosely fitted vertebrae, while humans have only 34. Which explains their impressive flexibility.
     
  10. Famous skateboarding cat Didga holds the Guinness World record for most tricks a cat has done in a minute. And how many is that? 24! I have some work to do — I can only perform nine (High five, shake, stay, sit up, paw wave, turn around, ring a bell, touch an object, and jump through a hoop).

Somali cat with one paw raised

Did you know many of these? Which ones? Let me know in the comments!

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Comments

  1. CRAIG S. C. OKAJIMA says

    September 14, 2022 at 10:16 pm

    Isaac Newton was a cat lover? I respect him
    THAT much more!

    Reply
  2. The Swiss Cats says

    May 29, 2022 at 5:15 am

    Very interesting facts ! It looks like Isaac Newton was a great inventor ! Purrs

    Reply
  3. Lone STar Cats says

    May 28, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    Well, #8 was a bit obvious, MOL.

    Reply
  4. Cathy Keisha says

    May 28, 2022 at 9:25 am

    Incredible facts. I think I can make TW yawn even if she can’t make me.

    Reply
  5. pat k says

    May 27, 2022 at 10:45 pm

    I pretty much knew #8. I saw that in action when we had an old door
    in the garage breaking apart. Our cat noticed the break, then went to
    the other side of the door and looked to see how it looked there. That
    showed some real thinking and investigation. That (black) cat was very
    smart in many ways. That cat chose our house and kept coming back when
    his original owners kept taking him home. The finally let him stay with us.

    Reply
  6. Brian says

    May 27, 2022 at 6:21 pm

    These were fun facts! We did not know about Newton inventing the cat door! Hmmmm… could his cat invention be more important than his having discovered the laws of gravity/motion and invented calculus?

    Reply
  7. Mary McNeil says

    May 27, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    Some parts of cat and human brains are similar; cognitively cats are superior to dogs…but basically the cat is = to a toddler. That may explain more about humans than about cats.

    Reply
  8. Brian says

    May 27, 2022 at 4:35 pm

    THose were really, really interesting sweet Summer!

    Reply
  9. Melissa & Mudpie says

    May 27, 2022 at 3:19 pm

    Wow, I wasn’t aware of any of these!

    Reply
  10. Catherine Lingg says

    May 27, 2022 at 12:32 pm

    Wow Summer, great blog. I knew a few like the kitty facts. The historic stuff and famous cats worth not so much. I did know about Didga. I’ve followed some of his stuff. He’s really incredible. That human has other cats that are pretty amazing too. I think that’s all that human does mol. You’re still my favorite feline ( except for mine, of course) ❤️

    Reply
  11. Ellen Pilch says

    May 27, 2022 at 8:06 am

    I did not know any of these. You are worth a 100 million in my book. 🙂

    Reply
  12. Mickeys Musings says

    May 27, 2022 at 5:52 am

    That was a cool collection of facts.
    My superpower is getting mum do do my bidding and to rub my belly on demand.
    Humans really are easy to train 😉
    MOL!!!
    Purrs, Julie

    Reply
  13. Eastside Cats Blog says

    May 27, 2022 at 5:34 am

    “…because they aren’t as willing to please.”
    This describes cats PURRFECTLY, Summer!

    Reply
  14. Lana H. says

    May 27, 2022 at 4:33 am

    Thanks for sharing these!

    Reply
  15. Charles Huss says

    May 27, 2022 at 4:14 am

    Those are interesting facts. I would love to have a cat worth 100 million dollars. Or even one hundred dollars. Okay, they are worth a lot to me but a little help paying for cat food would be nice. 🙂

    Reply
  16. The Poupounette Gang says

    May 27, 2022 at 3:31 am

    That was a really interesting read, Summer. We especially loved the snippet about Isaac Newton inventing the cat flap!

    Purrs,
    Tama and Benny

    Reply
  17. Memories of Eric and Flynn says

    May 27, 2022 at 12:46 am

    Interesting facts. That is impressive that the Siamese cats let the employees know there were microphones in the wall.

    Reply

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