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Producers weren't sure whether or not Jennifer Aniston would be able to play Rachel on Friends because she was also in another pilot. While shooting promo photos, she was asked to step out of a few shots just in case she couldn't appear in the show. Thankfully, this didn't happen!

Siamese cats are widely regarded as sleek and attractive creatures today, but they once had crossed eyes and kinked tails! Bred in what is today Thailand, the reason these cats had such a strange appearance became the subject of several legends. In one, they said a Siamese cat was given the job of guarding an important golden goblet belonging to a king. This was a loyal cat of course, and she clutched the cup so hard with her tail that it permanently bent, and stared at it so hard that her eyes became permanently cross eyed.

Yes, squirrels do get smarter in Autumn! Those cute critters bury their nuts and seeds in hundreds of scattered crevices which serve as emergency feeds in the winter months. A typical squirrel shows a 15% increase in the size of its memory and emotional centre of the brain.