Ten things about cats

EVERYWHERE – I am not a cat lover; I'm a dog person, which probably should read ‘dog’s person’, except I no longer have a dog or two. But I am left with a one-eyed, crooked-teeth black cat officially called SwchartzenKat (or similar), but whom his few friends (all of whom speak Spanish) call Piss-Piss because that's how they call their cats hereabouts: psss-psss, which would make me feel as though I need a diuretic ... Anyway, here are ten things you may be interested in knowing about these superior felines you so much appreciate:

1. A cat at its proper weight can reach a speed of up to 48 km/hour – Olympic champion Usain Bolt doesn't quite make 38 km/h at his best.
2. Cats have between 60 and 80 million olfactory cells – humans have under 20mm. This means cats smell fifteen times better than we do. (Something about deodorants ...)
3. Legend has it that Isaac Newton, aside from discovering gravity, he also invented the cat carrier.
4. Cats use their whiskers to make sure they can get through places that look too narrow.
5. US President Abraham Lincoln was a cat fan. He lived with four of them during his time at the White House. (His wife Mary Todd loved him anyway, they say.)
6. Cats have 32 muscles in each ear, which is why they move them like radars. (So how come mine never hears mice?)
7. Black cats are supposedly good luck in the UK and Asia. Most Hispanic countries see them as the absolute opposite. (Ladders can fall on you, which is why you don't walk under one, but cats??)
8. Cats and dogs are not allowed to have sexual relations with each other without prior consent in Ventura County, California. (Oh, for Heaven’s sake!!)
9. Cats spend 30% of their lives washing themselves, take around 11,000 hours purring (wonder what the Queen has to say about that) and sleep for about two thirds of a day. (I knew it! They’re useless.)
10. (Sorry, Piss Piss just walked across the keyboard; I have no idea which keys he stepped on, or whether he killed and swallowed the mouse…) (Must be feeding time … it is!)

(Original source: Quo)