Things I learned lately 5 Jul

• The graham cracker was invented by the Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham, who felt that a vegetarian diet would help suppress carnal urges. 
• As of January 1, 2021, Canadians (and residents from 60 other countries) will no longer be able to visit Europe on a whim. They'll have to apply for the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) first, a new system being enforced to upgrade international security. Visits to the UK will remain exempt.
• A designer in Britain figured out how to recycle chewing gum into plastic products. Kinda puts a whole new slant on the word gumboots.
• Bernie Sanders wants Wall St to pay off the entire student debt load of the US.
• Abigail Disney, the heiress to the family fortune, said "[Income inequality] is the game changer that we're living in right now. We're creating a super-class so far above the vast majority of people that they don't share the same planet anymore. We've eroded all the paths to the American dream that my grandfather and great uncle took."
• A giant pile of chicken manure in Spain did spontaneously combust in the latest Europe heat wave and set fire to nearby forests.
• The recent European heat wave broke a temperature record for France. The temperature hit 45.1C (113.1F) in Villevieille on 27 June 2019.