China once banned Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” because they believed it would be “disastrous” to give animals the same use of language as humans.

Researchers have found that the core aspects of your personality remain the same throughout your life. However, aspects that do tend to change are eagerness for new and fun experiences, friendliness and anxiety levels.

In 1981, a Labrador mix by the name of Bosco, became the honorary mayor of Sunol in California. He ran under the brilliantly “punny” title of “Re’pup’lican” and used the slogan “A bone in every dish, a cat in every tree, and a fire hydrant on every corner."