The scene in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with the nut-sorting squirrels isn’t so much a clever CG-animated scene, but more of a product of the genius of animal trainer Michael Alexander and his team, who actually taught forty squirrels in the span of 19 weeks to do all those tricks: from classifying which nuts go where, and chucking Veruca Salt in the bin. The only CG that was made was to make the number of squirrels appear more than there actually are.

No wonder Veruca wanted one.

Fireflies don’t really turn on lights when they light up. Instead, they release an enzyme called luciferase and ATP, and these, when exposed to air, create a chemical reaction when it is combined with oxygen to create that glow.

So the next time a kid comes up to you and says that the firefly’s producing light, your answer should be, "No, honey. That’s simply a chemical reaction produced when luciferase combines with oxygen!"

The parrot’s intelligence is comparable to a five-year old child.

Think about this the next time you call someone a birdbrain, eh?

The Obamas welcomed their dog, which they re-christened Bo, into the White House just last week.

Even before the doggie,a  Portuguese Water Dog, got into the White House, he’s already had his share of controversies, primarily because of the fact that he’s not a shelter dog, as Pres. Barack Obama has promised back in 2008. Rather, he’s a repurposed puppy, meaning, he previously belonged to different owners first, but did not get along with either the people or the other dogs first. Sen. Ted Kennedy got wind of this, so they got the doggie for Sasha and Malia (who has dog allergies, making the Obamas’ dogfinding a little harder as they needed a hypoallergenic dog, or one who doesn’t shed as much fur).

The only thing I can say is, it’s not the dog’s fault, right? Besides, Bo was matched to the lifestyle of the Obamas. I don’t really understand why people are making such a big deal out of it. Sure, he wasn’t from a shelter (believe me, I’m an animal lover. I know how they work.) Still, a dog was given a home. Would you rather they get a dog from the shelter that they’ll end up returning because it sadly triggered Malia’s allergies? That would be traumatizing - both for the dog, and for the Obamas.

Nostradamus has nothing on this guy.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They’ll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.