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55 Interesting Facts About Cats

1. A group of cats is called a “clowder.”

2. A cat lover is called an Ailurophilia (Greek: cat+lover).

3. On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.

4. A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.

5. There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds.