Noted for its large eyes and ears, brown ticked coat and blunt tail, a Singapura can weigh as little as 4 lbs.

During the Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII condemned cats as evil and thousands of cats were destroyed. Unfortunately, the widespread killing of cats led to an explosion of the rat population, which exacerbated the effects of the Black Death.

Cats usually sleep 16 to 20 hours a day. For very young and very old cats, it's near the upper end of the range, and newborns sleep almost 24/7.

when a cat died, ancient Egyptian households would go into mourning as if for a human relative, and would often shave their eyebrows to signify their loss. The cat would then be mummified and buried along with provisions such as milk, mice and rats.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's oldest cat was Creme Puff who died at the age of 38 years and 3 days.

In just seven years, a single pair of cats and their offspring could produce a staggering total of 370,000 kittens!

Cats typically have about 24 whiskers on their muzzle, 12 on each side.

Figaro is probably best known as the pet cat of Mister Geppetto and Pinocchio, but he has also starred independently in a number of Disney shorts, as the pet cat of Minnie Mouse.

According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) an estimated 400,000 people a year are bitten by cats.

Generally a dewclaw grows on the inside of each front leg but not on either hind leg. Wild cats use the dewclaw in hunting, where it provides an additional claw with which to catch and hold prey.