Things I learned lately 3 Jan

• The average CEO at a top publicly traded Canadian company would have made as much money as the average Canadian worker will make all year as of 10:09 Thursday morning, January 2nd. 
• New Zealand is ditching all plastic packaging for fresh produce.
• Hydrogen is Greek for "water-former", while oxygen is Greek for "acid-former"; in fact, it's hydrogen that bonds together with other elements to make acids and oxygen that bonds hydrogen to make water.
• We have eggnog as a Holiday drink. Here are others from around the world: Puerto Rico - Coquito; Slavic countries - Kompot; Jamaica - Sorrel; Korea - Sujeonggwa; Turkey - Salep; Lithuania - Poppy seed milk.
• Crisco was the first brand to hydrogenate shortening, which was made from cottonseed oil. They went out of their way to omit the fact that it was made from cottonseed oil though, branding it as vegetable oil shortening.
• "Hypersensitivity" defined as being unreceptive to others' feedback and lashing out at any criticism toward one's self,  exists more pervasively in the Boomer generation than younger generations. This according to a new study published in the journal Psychology and Aging. This suggests that millennials (those ages 23 to 38) are less sensitive than baby boomers (those ages 55 to 73).
• The Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia (pictured), is now the tallest building in Europe.