What I Learned This Week - 3/18/16

1.  636 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII is in theaters. 
2. If you refer to maple syrup as “sweet tree blood”, you’ll have more to yourself.
3. The company FW Designs recently released a series of Stormtrooper cosplay costumes designed specifically for the “curves” of women. #ThatWasMyIdea #NoOneWouldModel
4. The computer video game Diablo 2 (no, not 3), just received its latest patch – 16 years after the game’s original release. #TakeThatAtari
5. According to the teens that frequent my house, many computer games have forums with “friend request Friday” encouraging people to expand their friend base and have more people to play with. I informed them in adult terms this is known as a “bar”.
6. If you show your IT person your empty coffee mug and tell them that you’ve successfully installed Java, they will lock you out of your computer for three days. #MissedADeadline
7. “Reptile Dysfunction” is when my daughter’s tortoise continually bangs his head on the sides of his cage.
8. Canada consumes the most donuts and has the most donut shops per capita of any country in the world.
9. Pizza vending machines are a thing in Italy.
10. There is a form of cancer, “choriocarcinoma”, which basically mimics all forms of pregnancy except the heartbeat of the fetus. #CancerSucks
11. “Pornography Historian” is an actual occupation. #HardUpForWork
12. In 2007, the World Health Organization declared night-shift work as a possible carcinogenic.
13. Elephants have a natural fear of bees.
14. If you set up your kids tablet in the kitchen with Skype running, you don’t have to keep getting up from the game to check for things burning. 
15. If you put a piece of cheese/sandwhich meat on the end of your phone, your dog(s) will sit still for a photo.
16. In 1979, Pee Wee Herman (in full character) appeared on the dating game three times and actually won once.
17. Watching a Barbie doll get crushed by a hydraulic press is oddly satisfying.
18. The first rule of Cross fit SHOULD be the same as Fight Club - apparently it’s the exact opposite.