The things I wonder about.

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If fairies were real (ignoring the fact that having humans with wings wouldn't make evolutionary sense), how big would their wings have to be in order to allow them the ability to fly if they were the size of a typical human? Their bodies would most likely be a similar ratio to that of a butterfly in terms of comparing the wing size to that of the body, so the wings would have to be massive. Could this lead to something of a segregated society? I'd imagine that they'd struggle to live in an enclosed space such as a city, and doors would have to be widened in buildings such as schools. Maybe they'd have separate schools which are more fairy friendly? Perhaps they'd be smaller than average (leading to easier flight) and be mocked for it? Maybe they'd have some form of restricted growth.

Will it ever be possible to create a digital pen that can store enough information to accurately remember a series of answers to a test? If so, selling those pens to cheating students would be one booming business. They'd find a way to ban it though. How much RAM would such an object require? The major downside would be that you'd have to hack into school systems to find out the answers each year without getting caught, and program a new batch of pens before each exam. Seems convoluted to say the least. You'd have to sell in bulk. Students would have to practice writing with it so the pen can learn their handwriting, however it would also remember their spelling errors and other various mistakes...but if they didn't then the pens would become too uniform in handwriting (if there was a default option) making them easy to spot.