Things I learned lately 17 Jan

• A blue whale can excrete up to 200 litres of poo in one bowel movement.
• The traditional alpha wolf pecking order description in a wolf pack is quite wrong.
• Ancient Greek sculptures were originally painted bright colours.
• There was a time when people ate swans. No, not like the kind pictured.......
• In medieval times, there were no bedrooms, so if you needed privacy, you used a box bed, literally a bed inside a wooden box with a door.
• Engineers at Penn State have figured out how to recharge lithium car batteries in 10 minutes versus 50. It has to do with heat and deposits on the battery anodes.
• Lyft announced a new initiative that will give riders free or discounted rides to job interviews and during the first three weeks of employment.
• The high speed train from Hong Kong to Beijing covers 2,441 km and takes only 9 hours. That's like going from Calgary to Milwaukee, or Los Angeles to Houston.
• An 18 year old teen from Sydney applied for a job at Aldi but was rejected. Not dissuaded, she rejected the rejection and got an interview.
• Scooby Doo turned 50 on 13 Sep 2019.