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• World’s Smallest Cat:A two-year-old cat, named Mr. Peebles, is the world’s fully-grown smallest cat, weighing in at just 3 lbs. The cat has a genetic defect. *
• Unusual Cat: A domestic cat was born in the USA in 1975 with five legs, six paws and 30 toes. **
• World’s Longest Cat: The world’s longest cat, named Verismo’s Leonetti Reserve Red, measured 48″ from nose to tip of tail on the 10th March 2002. *
• Oldest Wild Cat: The oldest wild cat was a lion in Cologne Zoo who lived until the age of 29 **
• Largest Litter: A tabby cat from Texas once give birth to 420 kittens during her life. **
• Largest Burial Site of Cats: 300,000 mummified cats were found in an ancient Egyptian tomb. **
• Shortest Cat: The shortest cat was Tinker Toy form the USA who was 2 3/4″ high and 7 1/2″ long. *
• Owner of Many Cats: A farmer from Texas kept 1,400 cats on his farm. **
• Oldest Living Cat: The oldest living cat is a 27-year-old Burmese called Kataleena Lady who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Kataleena Lady; born March 11, 1977. *
• Oldest Cat to Give Birth: In 1987 a domestic cat, named Kitty, give birth to two kittens at the age of 30 years. **
• Oldest Cat Ever: A tabby called Puss, who lived with Mrs. T. Holway of Devon, England until she was 36 years old! She died on November 29, 1939 just one day after her 36th birthday. **
• Mice Catcher: A farm kitten in a whisky distillery in Scotland caught 28,899 mice in 20 years **
• Lost Cat: A USA Persian walked almost 1,500 miles in 13 months to find her owners **
• Longest Cat Whiskers: Ellie, a brown/black Maine Coon, has the longest single whisker on a cat measuring 6.5″ on February 15, 2004. The feline lives at the home of Sheri and Mitchell Rutherford, in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
• Largest Collection of Cat Memorabilia: Since 1979, Florence Groff of France has collected a record-breaking collection of 11,717 cat-related items. *
• Largest Cat: The largest cat was an Australian cat, Himmy who weighted 46 pounds and was 37 3/4″ long. *
• Heaviest Lion in Captivity Today: The heaviest lion in captivity today is an African lion called ‘Ruteledge’ at the Oaklawn Farm Zoo, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ruteledge weighs in at 807 pounds, has a shoulder height of 42 1/2″ and a girth of 70″. * 
• Fastest Cat:Fatest Land mammel is the cheetah. A male once clocked up 92 miles per hour. (Discovery & World Records)
• Expensive Cat: A Persian once ate a diamond and ruby ring costing nearly $6,300. **
• Cats with Most Toes: A five-year-old-cat, Jake, holds the Guninness World Record for the cat with most toes. Jake, an orange tabby from Bonfield, Ontario, Canada has a wooping 28 toes!
• Best Climber: In 1950, a four-month old kitten climbed 14,691 feet to the top of the Matterhorn in the Alps.
• Panoramic View: Cats have a peripheral vision of approximately 285 degrees.
• Thumping Heart: A cat’s heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.
• White Can Mean Deaf: A white cat’s hearing has a lot to do with its eye colour. While white cats with orange eyes are generally fine, a large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. Cats with only one blue eye are deaf in the ear closest to it.
• Allergies: The Rex breed of cats, have extremely fine fur which does not shed much, causing less reaction in people with allergies!
• Cat Health: Tap water should be allowed to sit for 24 hours before it is given to a cat - the chlorine in fresh tap water can irritate its nose.
• Great Surviver: A tortoiseshell cat named Felix, reportedly survived 29 days without food or water after escaping from his travelling cage and getting stuck in the hold of an international aircraft!

* Guinness World Record
** Dorling Kindersley, 1995

Resources: cat-oholics.com & cat-club.net