Cat Facts 13

•  When Ben Rea, a successful British antique dealer and known recluse died in 1988, he left his 12.5 million dollar fortune (26.7 million by today's standards) to his cat, Blackie. Making Blackie the wealthiest cat in the world. Blackie still holds the Guinness World Record for Wealthiest Cat! The money was eventually divided equally to three cat charities who were tasked with taking care of Bliackie until he passed away. 
• Some Evidence suggests that domesticated cats have been around since 3600 B.C.E., over 2,000 years before the Ancient Egyptians. 
• Cats only meow as a way to communicate with humans. a kitten walking on a wood floor
• Cats can recognize your voice. So yes, they are just ignoring you. 
• Cats form the "Halloween Pose" as a sign to tell someone or something to back off.
• The oldest cat video dates back to 1894 and is called 'Boxing Cats'
• When a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would shave off their eyebrows as a sign of mourning. 
• Cats and humans have nearly identical sections of the brain that control emotions.  
• Cats can move both ears separately and about 180 degrees around. 
• While cats are seen as having a lower social IQ then dogs, they can slove much more difficult cognitive problems. When they feel like it of course. 
• It was illegal to kill cats in Ancient Egypt. Not only were cats seen as an icon for Bast, the Goddess of Protection, but they were also very effective in keeping rats at bay. It was seen as a civil dis-service to kill them and often resulted in the death penalty. 
• Abraham Lincoln kept three cats in the white house. After the civil war was over, Lincoln found 3 kittens whose mother had died and took them in as his own. 
• Cat's, as well as other animals' noses,  have their own unique print, much like a humans fingerprint. 
• When cats don't cover their poop, it is seen as a sign of aggression, meaning they don't fear you.