What I Learned This Week - 2/6/15

1.  314 days until "Star Wars - the Force Awakens" (aka: Episode VII) is in theaters.
2. According to a 2012 census by the US Department of Agriculture, In Sutton County, Texas, goats outnumber humans 14 to 1.
3. The recent trend of depressing ads during the Super Bowl has a name, “sadvertising”.
4. It is most definitely a sign of impending doom if your wife or significant other makes you cut up hot dogs after a fight.
5. “Columbusing” is the act of discovering something not new.
6. The Super Bowl half time dancing sharks look just like the holographic Jaws 19 shark from the movie “Back to the Future Part 2”.
7. The plastic table-like item found in pizza boxes is called a "box tent" and was patented in 1983.
8. "Paresthesia" is that tingling, pins and needles sensation when your foot falls asleep.
9. The string of typographical symbols comic strips or angry text messages use to indicate profanity (eg: "$%@!") is called a "grawlix".
10. If you use "grawlix" in place of the profanity in a text, you may have several conversations about dinosaurs or Dr. Seuss.
11. A group of rattlesnakes is called a "rhumba" and is very different than the house cleaning robot. 
12. An "agraffe" is the wire cage that keeps the cork in a bottle of champagne.
13. A single slice of bacon is called a "rasher".
14. The web between your thumb and forefinger is called the "purlicue" (and is pronounced just like "curlicue"...but with a "P"). Acupuncturists belieive pinching it will make headaches go away.
15. That feeling of seeing something for the first time, even though there's nothing new about it, is called, "jamais vu".
16. I'm fairly certain I've never needed a logic flow chart to drink a beer.
17. If you run out of ziplock bags, half a sandwich will fit into a rubber glove.
18. “Borborygmi” is the word that describes the rumbling in the stomach or bowels.
19. “Deglutition” is the proper word for the action of swallowing.
20. “Eructation” is the medical name for burping, while the burp itself is called a “ructus”.
21. The medical term for a runny nose is “rhinorrhea”. I have no idea why that makes me smile – oh yeah, I’m five.
22. There are three types of tears: basal tears, which are constantly produced to keep the surface of the eyes moist; reflex tears, which are the extra tears produced when something enters or irritates the eye; and psychic tears, which are those produced as a response to a mental or emotional stimulus.
23. It is impossible for me to walk the same speed as the stranger in front of me.