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 first recorded instance that "Nerd" was used was in Dr. Seuss’s "If I Ran the Zoo," describing one of the creatures there.

And no, the one behind the zoo bars doesn’t wear extremely thick glasses, suspenders, and too-short pants.

A commuter who created a homemade dummy and put it on the passenger seat in an attempt to sneak into the car pool lane was caught - because the dummy wasn’t buckled up. It was only when the car was pulled over did they realize that the passenger wasn’t a real person, but a plastic piping draped in a rain jacket and wearing a Gandalf Halloween mask and a baseball cap.

The dummy was confiscated, and the driver issued a $124.

Who’s the bigger dummy now?

Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.

Bet no one had the courage to disagree with her.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

One of those times that I’m amazed at how people make simple things unnecessarily complicated.:P