What I Learned This Week - 4/8/16

1.  615 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII is in theaters. 
2. April Fool’s day is the only day everyone critically evaluates news articles before accepting them as true. 
3. Han and Leia missed a golden opportunity to name their son, “Guitar”. #Excellent
4. If an explosion doesn’t burn Superman’s hair, I have no idea how he shaves his beard.
5. There are videos of drones yielding chainsaws to cut down icicles and beheading snowmen. #KillerDrones
6. The majority of people who play the card game UNO, have no idea that being the first one to empty their hand doesn’t win the game. #PlayTo500
7. Nothing makes the reminiscing juices start to flow more than visiting one’s alma mater.
8. There is a Soccer stadium in Brazil, known as Zerão, in which the midfield line lies “exactly” on the Equator, making each team defend one hemisphere. #PlanetBattle
9. Due to the fact Reindeer are unable to walk and pee at the same time causing them to stop and relatively consistent intervals, “Reindeer Piss” is an informal unit of measurement in Finland. #NewSpeedometerOnOrder
10. HTTP error 451, which is used when a piece of web content is unavailable due to censorship, is a direct reference to Ray Bradbury’s book, “Fahrenheit 451”.
11. The reason Yogi Bear had a collar is that it allowed animators to keep his body static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke - reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000. 
12. Women are responsible for 90% of modern language changes, with teenage girls historically having been the linguistic innovators. #GagMeWithASpoon
13. Best T-shirt in the airport this week read, “I’m not like most teens – I’m 47”.
14. Fastening a zip tie securely around the toilet paper roll in the work restroom is an excellent prank on Fried-Burrito-Friday.
15. The Magic 8 ball explodes if you ask it the question, “Are dreams made of atoms?” #SignsPointToYes
16. Engineers expected the Mars Rovers solar panels to accumulate dust and eventually become non-functional. They did not expect the dust devils that frequent the surface of the red planet to clean the solar panels. #12YearsLater
17. The launch patch for Mars Opportunity Rover features Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers. #MakesMeSmile
18. “Spreadable beer marmalade” is a thing in Scotland. #VeryJealous
19. Michael Jordan now makes more money each year than he did in his entire NBA career -  $100M a year vs $94M for his entire career.
20. The ground has “tides” caused by the pull of the Moon's gravity which can raise the ground up by nearly 40 cm over the course of 12 hours. #EarthTide