10 Weird Factsbr About Cats In honor of International Cat Day, here are 10 weirdbr things you might not have known about your feline friends. 1. Due to a genetic deficiency,br cats don’t have the proper tastebr buds to detect sweetness.br 2. The frequency of a domestic cat’s purr is betweenbr 25 and 150 hertz, which is the best frequency forbr improving bone density and possibly healing fractures.br 3. Although cats drinking milk from saucers is commonbr imagery, most cats are actually lactose intolerant.br 4. Cats have 300 million neurons in theirbr cerebral cortex, which is twice as many as dogs. br 5. An average healthy cat can jumpbr nearly six times its body length, whichbr is about 8 feet in a single bound. 6. With more than 200 million odor sensors, a cat’sbr sense of smell is 14 times better than a human's. 7. A group of cats is commonly known as a clowder.br 8. With the help of 32 muscles, catsbr are able to rotate their ears 180 degrees.br 9. Male cats tend to be left-pawbr dominate while female cats are morebr likely to be right-paw dominate. 10. On average, cats sleep between 12-16 hours a day,br which adds up to about 70 percent of their lives.