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A cat uses its whiskers for measuring distances. The whiskers of a cat are capable of registering very small changes in air pressure.

Now that's something I did not know. I thought they used them to help keep from going bump in the night.

Tabby cats are thought to get their name from Attab, a district in Baghdad, now the capital of Iraq.

Baghdad is the setting for many tales from the Arabian Nights...

Cats have "nine lives" thanks to a flexible spine and powerful leg and back muscles

@catfacts has more cat facts than 99 cats with 9 lives

All cats have claws, and all except the cheetah sheath them when at rest.

Yes, they sheath their claws like daggers.