"Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be the leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection, basing themselves in the love of all sacred values."

-- Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets serious about Octopus Paul, who became world famous for correctly predicting the results of all of Germany's World Cup games, and the final, from an Oberhausen aquarium. Ahmadinejad mentioned Paul several times during a speech last weekend in Tehran, accusing the mollusk of spreading "western propaganda and superstition." (Telegraph)