Watching education programming doesn't make me smarter

Scene: The husband and I are watching something on National Geographic (don't be so surprised, I can venture outside my usual territory of Burn Notice and The Office--it's rare, but, it happens). We're watching something on Alaska and fish and stuff and because my husband is in love with Alaska, I'm willing to sacrifice for the common good (also, The Office was a re-run).

Also, this show is about salmon sharks. I kid you not.

Me: What's a salmon shark?

Husband: A shark.

Me: Like a shark shark, or a really big salmon that people call a shark because it's so big?

Husband: A normal shark, like a maco or great white.

Me: Does it look like a salmon? Why is it called a salmon shark?

Husband: Because 90% of their diet is salmon. They eat salmon.

Me: That's kind of misleading. I was picturing some sort of hybrid. Like a really big salmon--which would be cool because salmon is yummy.

Husband: That's not misleading--they eat salmon, thus, salmon shark. They probably taste like salmon.

Me: So then we should change the name of great whites to Surfer Sharks--since they tend to eat surfers.

Husband: ::blank stare::

Me: I'm just sayin', I was expecting some sort of damn hybrid. This is false advertising.

National Geographic Narrator: While humans have only been naming these salmon sharks for the last hundred years, they have been ruling these waters for centuries.

Me: Obviously, humans named these sharks stupidly. I still want to see a salmon/shark hybrid. This is dumb. I bet there's a bunch of people watching this excitedly hoping for some giant salmon. They're really disappointed.

Husband: Doubtful.

Yes my dears, I know nothing about sea life. Amazing that I have a college degree, isn't it? (it's not like I majored in marine biology people!) And am still sad that there really isn't some sort of giant salmon.

Hmph.

I guess I shouldn't become a teacher anytime soon......

P.S. Regarding running the Cowtown Marathon on Feburary 27th--we'll see how I feel on Saturday after my long run. Cowtown is two weeks before Catalina and I don't want to die and have a terrible race in Catalina, so, we'll see. In theory, I could use Cowtown as my last training run (er, 26.2 miles vs. 21 miles) and it's a difficult course, which could help me in Catalina since we all know I'm not running Catalina for time. Anyways, thanks for your comments and support--I don't want to let y'all down, but, I also don't want to ruin my chances of enjoying Catalina. I'll be at Cowtown either way :)