Happy hump day! You're halfway to Friday, which means you're only half-way to Friday. If you're having trouble seeing the glass half full, read these seven true facts that will leave you smiling.

  • 1

    Charlie turned down the Chocolate Factory and became a Vet

    Peter Gardner, who played Charlie Bucket in the 1971 "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," was offered a three year acting contract but turned it down. He ended up going to Cornell to become a large animal veterinarian in upstate New York.

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    2

    Puffins exist

  • 3

    So do Quokkas

  • 4

    Everyone is born with an instinct to smile

    Even people who are born blind smile when they're happy without ever seeing their parents do it. It's just in our genes.

  • 5

    A group of rabbits is known as a fluffle

  • 6

    The man who voiced Mickey Mouse married the woman who voiced Minnie Mouse

    Each are the most recent actors to voice the characters -- not the originals -- but each have been the longest-running voices of the characters.

  • 7

    A hoodie is also called a "bunnyhug"

    But only in Saskatchewan.

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