The Cymothoa exigua, a parasitic crustacean, is a true-to-life tongue snatcher. The parasite prays on the Spotted Rose Snapper Fish found off the coast of California. Cymothoa exigua swim into the fish's gills and latch onto its tongue. Once attached, it begins to suck the fish's blood. Eventually the tongue dies from lack of blood flow and falls off. With the tongue out of the way, the parasite attaches itself to the remaining muscles at the base of the tongue.

We see them all the time on movie out-takes, but what's the actual purpose of the clapperboard (sometimes called a slate), and why is it clapped together? The main function of a clapper board is to allow the video and audio, which are recorded separately, to be synced during editing. The "clap" noise registers on the audio recording and which can then be timed to match the physical closure of the clapperboard on film, insuring the rest of the take is synced.

Referred to as the QWERTY layout due to the order of the first row of keys, the arrangement of a keyboard's keys is known to most. Why are the keys in this order though? Explanations usually state  the commonly used keys were spaced apart to prevent them from jamming together during the typewriter era. Although true, there's more to QWERTY's success than that. Critics argue that the layout is inefficient, and suggest the little-known Dvorak layout is far superior.

The infinite monkey theorem revolves around the idea that a monkey hitting random keys on a typewriter (or in today's context, a keyboard) for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, usually defined as the complete works of William Shakespeare. Typing monkeys have made numerous appearances in media, from The Simpsons to A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, to a Bob Newhart stand up routine, giving them a notable position in pop culture.

During the 1950's, the Coldwar between the US and the Soviets was well underway with much of the "battle" taking place in the Arctic. Operating in the Arctic posed unique problems for the US when it came to moving soldiers in and out. Ships could not be depended on to break through the ice, aircraft runways were hard to maintain, and the area was beyond the range of helicopters. The CIA enlisted the help of a creative inventor, who had a strangely unique solution: the skyhook.