Things I learned lately 18 May

• You would have to build a single column tower at least 2.17 miles high in order to exert enough pressure on the bottom brick to lead to structural failure.
• When in doubt, order the bigger pizza. A 16-inch pizza has almost 100% more surface area (~201 square inches) than a 12-inch pizza (~113 square inches), yet doesn’t cost anywhere near 100% more.
• People think that the US ignores the metric system, but in fact the military, much of the federal government, and the medical and pharmaceutical fields have switched.
• You would think that "wi-fi" stands for something longer, but it doesn't. It's just a marketing term, chosen because it sounds better than "IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence". Some folks think it stands for 'wireless fidelity', but that's only because at one time, the term wi-fi came with the tag line "the standard in wireless fidelity". In truth, wi-fi means nothing.
• The technical name for the sound of a rumbling stomach is "borborygmus".
• Hawaii is one of only 2 states in the US that has never recorded a record high temperature over 100F. Of course, Alaska is the other state.
• As Notre-Dame cathedral burned, alt-right figures launched a campaign on social media falsely blaming Muslims for the blaze.
• In 2015, Godzilla received honorary Japanese citizenship and is listed as officially residing in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo.