Things I learned lately - 30 July

• 21% of people living in Canada were born somewhere else.
• Apple sold its billionth iPhone.
• Sorbet is non-dairy.
• Bananas will last longer if you wrap their stems in cellophane. That prevents the ethylene gas, which ripens the fruit faster, from escaping.
• The Dasht-e Lut Desert, in Iran can get as hot as 70 C (159 F).
• A Zappos employee broke the record for the longest customer service call ever at 10 hours and 43 minutes.
• Originally, an acre was used to describe the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day.
• The word fortnight is derived from the Old English fēowertyne niht, meaning fourteen nights.
• A baker's dozen was created as a means of avoiding any chance of shortchanging customers, which in medieval England, was punishable by beatings or jail time.