WHY WE LOVE CATS & LOVE RESPECT YOUR CAT DAY - CATITUDE IS EVERYTHING!

• Cats have over 20 muscles that control their ears.
• Hearing is the strongest of cat's senses: They can hear sounds as high as 64 kHz — compared with humans, who can hear only as high as 20 kHz.
• Cats can move their ears 180 degrees and they can also move their ears  separately.
• A cat's brain is  90% similar to a human's — more similar than to a dog's.
• Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotion.
• A cat's cerebral cortex (the part of the brain in charge of cognitive information processing) has 300 million neurons compared with a dog's 160 million.
• When cats grimace, they are usually "taste-scenting." They have an extra organ that, with some breathing control, allows the cats to taste-sense the air.
• Owning a cat can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack by a third.
• The world's largest cat measured 48.5 inches long.
• Evidence suggests domesticated cats have been around since 3600 B.C., 2,000 years before Egypt's pharaohs.
• A cat's purr may be a form of self-healing, as it can be a sign of nervousness as well as contentment.
• Cats make more than 100 different sounds whereas dogs make around 10.
• Cats can change their meow to manipulate a human. For example, they often imitate a human baby when they need food.
• Similarly, the frequency of a domestic cat's purr is the same at which muscles and bones repair themselves.
• A cat's nose is ridged with a unique pattern, just like a human fingerprint.
• Cats have scent glands along their tail, their forehead, lips, chin, and the underside of their front paws.
• A cat rubs against people to mark its territory.
• Cats lick themselves to get your scent off.
• Adult cats only meow to communicate with humans.
• Your cat recognises your voice 
• Female cats are typically right-pawed while male cats are typically left-pawed.
• Cats have a longer-term memory than dogs, especially when they learn by actually doing rather than simply seeing.
• Cats have a lower social IQ than dogs but can solve more difficult cognitive problems when they feel like it.
• A cat can jump up to six times its length.
• A house cat is  faster than Usain Bolt.
• When cats leave their poop uncovered, it is a sign to let you know they do not fear you.
• Cats use their whiskers to detect if they can fit through a space.
• The first cat in space was French and survived the trip. She was named  Felicette or Astrocat.
• Cats were mythic symbols of divinity in ancient Egypt.
• Most cats don't like water because their coats do not insulate them well enough.
• The Egyptian word for cat is mau.
• Cats have inferior daytime sight, but during the night they need seven times less light than humans to see