Daily Cat Fun Facts

Your cat has 32 muscles in each ear — and runs them independently

Félicette: the only cat to ever reach space — and she did it in 1963

Your cat's "disgust face" isn't disgust. It's a second nose switching on.

Your cat doesn't scoop water. It times physics to the millisecond.

Your cat invented a language just for you — and never uses it with other cats

Your cat's purr vibrates at exactly the frequency that heals bone

Your cat spends 70% of its life asleep — here's the science behind it

When your cat died in ancient Egypt, you shaved your eyebrows

Cats have a third eyelid — and it makes half their tears

Cats can flip 180° in freefall — with zero initial spin

Cats can't taste sweetness — and the gene is broken in every cat alive

Why do cats "chirp" at birds?