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Did you know that...

 

Out of the whole cat family, only the cheetah cannot retract its claws

 

Champfleury, a composer detected 63 different notes in a cat's meow.

 

Cats, when they are frightened, sweat through their feet.

 

Ancient Romans made sure they nodded respectfully to cats so they wouldn't be cursed with the "evil eye".

 

In the midieval times, a herb called rue wastied to the wings of chicks to keep cats away.

 

In the 1700's, Prussian soldiers tied explosives to cats' backs for them to spread fire towards the enemy.

 

Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of a cat.

 

In the middle ages, people believed that witches could change into the shape of a cat- only nine times, though.

 

Do you know any other interesting facts about cats?

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