Things I learned lately 1 Jun

• China is now producing more steel than the rest of the world combined.
• The Volkswagen ID Buzz, the next version of the VW microbus, is due in 2022 and will be fully electric.
• The first known instance of the word "toast" being used to mean dead, finished, or doomed was when Bill Murray said "This chick is toast!" in Ghostbusters. The line was ad-libbed to boot.
• The word 'derp' first appeared in the movie BASEketball in 1998, starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
• 4 in 10 Americans can't fund a $400 emergency expense without borrowing.
• There are 7 countries already at, or near 100% renewable power: Iceland (100%), Paraguay (100%), Costa Rica (99%), Norway (98.5%), Austria (80%), Brazil (75%), and Denmark (69.4%). The main renewables in these countries are hydro power, wind, geothermal, and solar.
• How much a one bedroom apartment costs to rent in various New York Neighbourhoods: East Harlem - $3258; Theatre District - $3634; Hell's Kitchen - $3648; East Village - $4055; Flatiron District - $4122; Greenwich Village - $4137; Battery Park - $4305; Little Italy - $4389.
• Roughly half of Americans expect self-driving cars to become the norm within 10 years.