What I Learned This Week - 4/22/16

1.  601 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII is in theaters. 
2. A “beard-second” is the length that a beard hair grows in one second—or, according to Google’s unit converter, 5 nanometers.
3. A “Mickey” is the unit of measurement of a computer mouse movement.
4. The cross symbol in a document footnote or reference in called a “dagger”.
5. According to “researchers”, lap dancers earn significantly more per hour when ovulating (and most fertile) than during any other phase of their menstrual cycle. #creepy
6. Scientists have gathered substantial evidence supporting that once infected with a flu, the virus influences humans to be more social and come into contact with larger groups of people. #Outbreak
7. Brain scanners can detect the brain making a decision seven seconds before the person is aware of the choice, casting doubt upon the concept of "free will". #ThatWasSo7SecondsAgo
8. According to my middle daughter, growing hair long enough to put in a ponytail is a very big deal. #MustacheHairDoesntCount
9. The human brain processes swear words in a different place than normal words - the limbic system, which is also largely associated with emotions.
10. “Witch windows”, angled windows typically matching parallel roof lines, were created under a belief that witches can’t fly diagonally. 
11. The neurons in your brain are very specific to people and things in your life – e.g. I actually have a Mary neuron that fires only when I see or think of her – it’s a pretty big neuron.
12. On the movie poster for Silence of the Lambs, the skull on the moth is actually an image of some naked women arranged in the shape of a skull. 
13. I’m really not sure of the outcome when Pinocchio states, “my nose will grow”. #PrettySureItThrobs
14. According to a coworker, the Girl Scout organization is basically a viral marketed cookie company that has found a way around child labor laws. #HeHasAPoint
15.  When my lab brings me a ball over and over, I’m not sure if it is her favorite ball or she thinks it is my favorite ball.
16. The major modeling company, IMG Models, signed its first ever plus sized male model last month. #NoItsNotMe
17. With my exposure to many companies, it’s very easy to call in sick to those companies for people that don’t exist and then watch them squirm in meetings when you ask where that fictitious person is for the meeting.
18. Severely spraining your ankle on 4/20 is apparently the wrong joint to roll.