Spot the Difference

The Pokémon Xatu is known for remaining completely still and silent, and the reason behind this can be uncovered in its Pokédex description. And, naturally, it’s quite disturbing. Apparently, the little guy can see both the past and the future at the same time. Meaning that a Xatu can see all of the horrifying things that have happened in the world and those things that will one day. The fact that the Pokémon is powerless in changing both of these has resulted in its stoicism. Wow.

Alfred Mosher Butts, a New York architect, invented the popular board game Scrabble in 1931. He wanted to create a game which involved some luck and a lot of skill (and a large vocabulary)! Butts decided on the point-values of the letters by studying the front page of the New York Times.

Without cats, the world would lose an important contributor to keeping the population of rats and other disease-bearing rodents at a manageable level. In just one year, a single pair of rats can produce more than 2,000 offspring. Luckily, cats assist in keeping these numbers in check.