What I Learned This Week - 10/30/15

1.  48 days until "Star Wars - the Force Awakens" (aka: Episode VII) is in theaters. 
2. Many manufacturers now make fitness trackers for pets. #UnfairStepCompetition
3. “Canned Mermaid” is a thing. #DoesNotTasteLikeChicken
4. A recent study by a University of Wyoming researcher revealed that adults diagnosed with cancer, regardless of the form, can expect a reduction of 20% of their income over the first four years of diagnosis. #CancerSucks
5. The majority of licorices on the market contain no actual licorice.
6. Hershey’s makes one million miles of Twizzlers every year.
7. An opinion without 3.14159 is just an onion. #MathJoke
8. According to my youngest Peter Pan is always flying because he’s from the Neverlands.
9. According to my oldest, complaining about eyelashes falling into your eye is considered, “lashing out”.
10. My oldest is self-proclaimed “Queen of Puns” after announcing to the ground beef, “I'd make a meat pun, but I'd probably just butcher it”. 
11. NASA's Curiosity rover celebrates its Martian birthday on August 5 (PDT), the day that it landed on Mars, by singing to itself using its scientific apparatus as instruments. #ForeverAlone
12. According to my middle child, she can hear me shouting for her because her awesome is too loud. She also pointed out awesome end in “Me”.
13. The volume of a half a sphere is equal to R2D2, which happens to be the top half and name of a popular Star Wars droid. #Coincidence.
14. “High Performance KeyChain” is a thing…and has a grappling hook.