What I Learned This Week - 3/6/15

1.  286 days until "Star Wars - the Force Awakens" (aka: Episode VII) is in theaters.
2. “Mageirocophobia” is the fear of having to cook. 
3. The most children born to one woman is 69. A Russian woman (Mrs. Vassilyev) gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, & 4 sets of quadruples.
4. “3D-printed snacks embedded with seeds to grow their own fillings” are coming to a store near you.
5. I have no idea how to get that “Narwhals” song out of my head. #TheyaretheJediofthesea
6. “Underwater ice hockey” is an actual thing.
7. Homer Simpson wrote a mathematical equation on a chalkboard in a 1998 “Simpsons” episode that turns out to be the equation that describes the mass of the Higgs boson subatomic particle- more than a decade before scientists discovered it. #doh
8. Recently, a quadriplegic woman flew a USAF JSF-35 – controlling the aircraft (on a simulator) with only her thoughts.  #FireFoxIsReal
9. It is ironic that Pi day repeats annually.
10. 25.80697580113… is the root of all evil. #YouAreWelcomeMathNerds
11. Painting a flash drive red and decorating it with a yellow lightning bolt doesn’t make it copy files faster.
12. While stopped in rush hour traffic, if you hold your hand out the window long enough making various motions, you can coax drivers of adjacent vehicles into a wicked game of rock-paper-scissors.