Friday Snippets & Soundbites

• What if the newest game show to hit the air in Japan was "Are You Smarter than an Elephant"? OK, it's not going to happen, but one study reveals that elephants aren't too bad at arithmetic. Considering the pachyderms don't have any fingers or toes to count on, their mad math skills are pretty impressive. Read more about it here.

• One tough kitty's owner unknowingly took it for a ride—underneath the car! The cat, "Bella," managed to hang on to the spare tire beneath his owner's car for the duration of a 70-mile trip in Arizona. Aside from being "hysterical, shaky, and tired" (hey, wouldn't YOU be if you'd had to endure an hour of hanging onto a spare tire at highway speeds to stay alive?), the cat was fine. But his owner had to cancel a business meeting to drive Bella back home. For the full story, click here.

• A waitress got the tip of a lifetime when the couple she was waiting on left her $1000 gratuity. The Illinois resident was able to recommend some gluten-free seafood dishes to the diners, and they decided to show her their gratefulness with the generous tip. The couple's identity remains a mystery, but the waitress does know one thing—where their money is going. She is planning to send her 12-year-old daughter to Washington D.C. on a scholastic field trip next month. Get the whole story here.

• Scientists now say that daydreaming might actually be good for you! Here's an example. Back in 1974, a 3M engineer named Arthur Fry was sitting in church, daydreaming. That Sunday, Fry should have been paying attention to the sermon, but instead he was thinking, 'What I really need is a little bookmark that will stick to the paper but will not tear the paper when I remove it' because the little scraps of paper he used to mark pages in his hymnal had a habit of falling out when he opened the book. His daydreaming led to the invention of the Post-it^® note. We're not saying you should daydream in church, but allowing yourself to get bored and wander a little mentally can spark lots of creativity. Try going a few minutes this week without automatically picking up the TV remote or your Wii™ controller. And read more about daydreaming here.