Things I learned lately 10 Jan

• Central Park, in the middle of Manhattan, draws up to 250,000 visitors per day.
• In 2019, the moon moved 3.8 cm from the earth; the sun lost 174 trillion tonnes of its mass and hence, the earth's orbit increased by 1.5 cm. Also, the Andromeda galaxy moved 3.5 billion km closer to us. Also 150 billion stars formed in the visible universe.
• It has been proven time and time again that raising minimum wage is not the reason businesses fail. It may be the excuse they use and the reason the media and social media clamp onto, after cherry picking anecdotes, but a close look at their books, their owners' / company headquarters' business practices and real estate costs are the biggest factors. We all do better when we all do better.
• Based on studies by microbiologists, you would get more fecal bacteria from wiping your face on a typical bathroom hand towel than you would sticking your head in the toilet.
• Billie Eilish's parents had a rule that she didn't have to go to bed if she was legitimately making music.
• If you drove a Tesla Model 3 in West Virginia, where the majority of their electricity is made by burning coal, you'd be creating 180 g of CO2 per mile. Sounds bad, until you consider that a Toyota Camry produces 400 g per mile. By the way, in California, where their electric grid is much cleaner, the CO2 production of a Tesla Model 3 is only 90 g per mile.
• A VW Golf is sold every 45 seconds somewhere in the world.