fun & humor : factoids & quotes

factoids

During WWII, many British families discovered that even before the sirens went off, their cats would sense danger and mew and act disturbed. Their cats made the best air-raid warning systems of all.

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Edward Lear, who wrote The Owl and the Pussycat, reportedly built his new house as an exact replica of his old one so as not to unduly disturb his cat.

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It's estimated that cats use over 100 different sounds in their vocalizations, while dogs use only about 40.

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Most beds sleep up to 6 cats. Ten cats without the human. ;-)