What I Learned This Week - 6/3/16

1.  560 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII is in theaters. 
2. I’m surprised that college students dressing as the “Ham-Burgerler” and stealing people’s food in the lines/drive-thrus at fast-food restaurants has only recently become a thing. #WhyDidntIThinkOfThis
3. On August 16, 2013, Google went offline for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%. #CantGoogleTheProblem
4. In 2014, Walmart made, on average, $216,500 per employee.
5. People have a dominant nostril and it changes during the day without any measurable pattern. #HasToBoogie
6. I don’t have a logical explanation as to why in the animated movie Cinderella, all of Cinderella’s magic clothing loses its magical appearance and reverts to its original plain form except a single glass shoe.
7. Dressing the dead mouse in the mousetrap with Barbie clothes and then telling your kids that you accidentally found Stuart Little is a bad idea. #IThoughtItWasFunny
8. A bar bet you can usually win is to ask people to correctly pronounce the brands IKEA and TEVA (ee-KAY-uh not EYE-key-ah and TEH-vah not TEE-vah).  #LookItUp
9. The U.S. Department of Defense still uses vintage IBM computers and 8-inch floppy disks for a system that handles operations for U.S. nuclear bombers, tanker support aircraft, and ballistic missiles and is not slated to be upgraded to new technology until 2017. #MovingTo8Track #FeeliongSafe
10. It is possible to deep-fry water. #JustAddCalciumAlginate #YouTubeIt
11. New York is the only state that actually has a driving law that requires driver to maintain one hand contact with the steering wheel at all times. #NoRobotCarsForYou
12. All of our land based radio and television broadcasts become indistinguishable from space background noise at only a few light years away from the Earth thanks to signal degradation (the inverse square law). #NoAlienContactFarFarAway
13. The “Nepenthes Attenboroughii” is a jungle plant that eats rats whole.
14. Even after 47 years, I still giggle when the ketchup farts.
15. According to a coworker, scarecrows prevent murders. #ISeeWhatYouDidThere
16. A Honda generator can effectively recharge a Toyota Prius. #TheNewIrony
17. According to my wife, moving the all the coffee mugs from the dishwasher to the deck and stating “it’s muggy outside”, is not funny or helpful.
18. “Melm” is my new favorite word. #SoundOfLicking
19. You can turn your phone’s flash into a black light with some scotch tape, blue and purple sharpie markers. #RaveOn
20. There’s a Mcdonald’s in Australia that “sells” nothing but fries…actually the fries are free. #LotsOfToppings
21. Due to hardware limitations, the maximum level a player can reach on the original arcade game “Donkey Kong” is 22.  #IntegerOverflow #HappyAtLevel3 #KillScreen