Thursday, April 18, 2019

Things I learned lately 18 Apr


  • In the latest version of Tesla's autopilot, the car seeks to overtake (pass) slow moving cars; can change lanes on its on without driver intervention (such as when it's time to get to the right to be ready for an exit from a highway; and can navigate highway to highway interchanges on its own. The next feature currently being tested is traffic light recognition.
  • The most common prescription bottle colours are orange and light brown; the colours are just the right hue to prevent ultraviolet light from damaging photosensitive medication, while allowing enough visible light into the container to illuminate the contents.
  • Tomatoes were a product of the New World and only appeared in Italy after importation. As a result, the first recorded instance of a tomato-based sauce in Italian cuisine wasn’t until the 1790s. 
  • Half of the world’s geysers are located in Yellowstone National Park.
  • Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that "Any headline that ends with a question mark can be answered with the word no."
  • The symbol for the band Queen, a large crest-like logo, was designed by Queen front man Freddie Mercury and includes references to the zodiac symbols of all four members: the two lions (Leo) on the sides for John Deacon and Roger Taylor, the two fairies (Virgo) for Freddie Mercury, and a crab (Cancer) for Brian May.
  • One Times Square, once home to the New York Times and now the focal point for the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop, is almost entirely empty with few tenants; the majority of the revenue the building’s owners take in is from the many large billboards on the exterior of the building.


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