Really Wierd!! IMAC 24inch please advise

I have no idea what just happend!!??
im hoping someone can give me some insight on this one please!!
i was just using my Imac when my BT mighty mouse geeked out.
everytime i would click it acted as a right click....after numerous clicks the screen then magnified at about 500 percent!!
and i was able to float around the whole screen by moving my mouse??
as if i captured a pic of my desktop and also my web pages....
the only way i got it back to normall was to do a restart!!
my question is this,
1.was this a feature i triggered by mistake?
or was this a glitch??
im really freaked out about this as im not sure what to make of it....
any advise would be greatlly appreciated.......

If you press the ctrl key and use the scroll ball it will zoom in and out of the screen.
Hope that helps.
Ryan

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