Anyone know the story behind this?

nope but there`s a second line IIRC,

 

"Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought him back"

I Denmark we say "Curiosity killed the blacksmiths cat" - it doesn't take a lot of imagiation to come up with a few nasty ways that might've happened!

Shakespeare, Marlowe and Johnson all wrote about "care" killing cats, where care is meant to be worry or anxiety about something. It probably morphed from there.

I don't know about couriosity killing the cat, but I do know about one cat that has a mighty high opinion of its own abilities to deal with intruders:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060611/ap_on_fe_st/cat_scares_bear;_ylt=Aq370dnWtD2LEvcjOIUwDm.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

YT, the correct line is "Curiousity killed the cat, but I have more hit points than a cat."

I have heard a lot of people use the old saying!! We basically know that curiosity killed the cat but do we know how it got killed? We should investigate!!! )

Forensic Science!!!! I'm a real CSI now!!!