What I Learned This Week - 10/13/17

1.  62 days until Star Wars - Episode VIII – The Last Jedi is in theaters.
2. All video games should have an “Impromptu Dance Party” feature.
3. The Nebraska Brewing Company named one of their flavors, “Responsibly” and foiled the advertising campaigns of almost every US alcohol manufacturer. #DrinkResp…Oh #UKBeerWasSecond
4. My lab will argue that you can knock over a ball. #IfItsFLatFromHerTeeth
5. It should be a Federal law to require people put on hold by customer service to be able to talk to each other and strategize. #Motivation #MightSolveSOmeProblems
6. Although technically correct, stating “space heater” is not a proper response to the question, “What should we get so-and-so as a housewarming gift?” #ButtWarmersDoesntWorkEither
7. If the interwebz rumor is true and the NSA can activate anyone’s cellphone camera at any time, I bet there is a large archive of bathroom ceiling photos. #Eew
8. Recycle bins are typically not made of recycled plastics. #ButTheyAreRecyclable
9. Hearing that AOL is finally going ending Instant Messenger is like hearing the news that a celebrity died when you thought they were already dead. #WoahOops
10. Counter to what the Equifax protester would like you to believe, the Monopoly Mascot Man (Rich Uncle Pennybags) has never worn a monocle. #LookItUp
11. Anthony Hopkins never stated the phrase, “Hello Clarice” in the movie, “the Silence of the Lambs”. #YesWay
12. You can mother someone throughout their life, but you can only father someone once. #RealEquality
13. I believe society would have a different mind shift if children were referred to as AITs (Adults In Training). #maybe
14. I’m fairly certain my grandmother, who preached “don’t sit so close to the TV”, is rolling over in her grave due to the popularity of VR headsets. #NotBlindYet
15. According to a child standing in line, when you say "back" and "forward” your lips move in those directions. #woah
16. Twinkies were initially filled with banana cream before WWII until bananas were rationed due to a food shortage.  
17. A Twinkie’s official shelf life is only 25 days, but the myth of infinite shelf life persist due to President Bill Clinton includingTwinkies in the millennium time capsule as an icon of American food culture in 1999. #LookItUp
18. The bottom of the Twinkie is actually the top. #YesWay
19. Wombats poop cubes and the physics of it perplexes me. #ow
20. You can never hold your kids enough, regardless of what they tell you. #CreepyDad