Boy I love these. You did leave out one of my favorites!
There is proof of evolution as a green, slimy, blood sucking creature crawled out of the ocean a few years back and quickly turned into a lawyer. The damned things just keep coming!
I may have to use the "speed of darkness" in my book! Everyone knows dark changes everything, including the perception of speed, so it might come in handy calculating space travel? Think about it---Have you ever seen light go by?
In the late 1960's I had a friend (female) who actually died from fright in a car wreck loaded with her family. She had very limited time behind the wheel when the car left the interstate. There was absolutely no signs of physical trama to her body. She actually died from fright!
Would "suck actually be the word? I mean a lot of it does but.....?