14 Cat Facts To Make Your Brain Purr
![14 Cat Facts To Make Your Brain Purr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/0/0/792100_320x180.jpg)
There's dog people and there's cat people. And then there's the weird person your cousin married who's a ferret person. Us? We're teacup pig people. Frankly the whole dog vs. cat dichotomy feels too constraining at this juncture.
The fact is, however, cats are fascinating creatures. Worshipped by the Egyptians and a pet of humans for thousands of years, these demure companions are interesting and mysterious.
For example, cats can't taste sweetness!
If you're a cat person, you may be the butt of a lot of lonely person jokes, but just know here are Cracked, we stand by you. Man's best friend may be the dog, but it's far more impressive to win over man's best frenemy, the cat.
Here are 14 cat facts to make you feel pretty darn smug about your cat person status. So don't just laze about in the sun, whiskers all covered in cream licking your nether regions, follow the laser pointer on down to these wild cat facts.
![People who go to college are more likely to have a cat than a dog One study showed that 47.2% of households with a cat had at least one person with a degree, as compared to 38.4% of homes with dogs. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/3/792073.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Cats can't taste sweetness Cats, from house cats to lions, are the only mammals that don't have sweetness receptors. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/4/792074.jpg)
Source: Scientific American
![The first and only cat to successfully be sent to space survived Felicette was launched into space in 1963 as part of the French space program. Her mission lasted 13 minutes. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/1/792051.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian
![Cats can sense storms before they happen A cat's inner ears can detect the fall in atmospheric pressure before a storm, as well as hear distant thunder if a storm is approaching. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/8/792098.jpg)
Source: Science Focus
![Most cats sleep between 10 to 13 hours a day Cats have evolved to preserve their energy to BE most active at dawn and dusk when, pre-domestication, they would hunt their prey. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/9/9/792099.jpg)
Source: Science Focus
![Communicate with your cat by slow blinking Narrowing the eyes helps to form a bond between human and cat. Cats are more likely to let you pet them after you perform this action. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/5/792075.jpg)
Source: Science Focus
![Thomas Edison recorded the first cute cat video Made in 1894, it features two cats boxing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/9/792049.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic
![Cats and humans have coexisted together since the start of agriculture Agriculture brought about rodents in everyday human life, which attracted cats who domesticated themselves as an evolutionary strategy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/5/0/792050.jpg)
Source: The Atlantic
![Cats' tongues are covered in hollow, flexible spines The spines allow saliva to get deep into fur while grooming, while allowing hair to be easily removed from the tongue. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/8/792048.jpg)
Source: PNAS
![Cats spend 30 to 50% of the day grooming themselves Over-grooming is hard to diagnose since healthy cats already spend so much of their day grooming, but it may be a sign of medical problems or stress. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/7/792047.jpg)
Source: Cornell
![Cats understand when their owner points at something Previously thought to be limited to dogs, cats can follow a human's point. Also, 70% of cats will follow their owner's gaze, even when its very fast. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/6/792046.jpg)
Source: Science
![Cats pay attention to our emotions In one study, 79% of cats changed their behavior with an unfamiliar object based on their owner's emotional response to it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/5/792045.jpg)
Source: Animal Cognition
![Cats' social intelligence is equal to dogs' However, scientists' frustrations with cats as test subjects has resulted in less research. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/4/792044.jpg)
Source: Science
![It costs $22,000 to $31,000 to own a cat 98% of pet owners underestimate how much it costs to own a pet over its lifetime. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/4/3/792043.jpg)
Source: CNBC