Things I learned lately 11 Dec

• According to Google Maps it would take 186 hours to drive from Oslo Norway to Cape Town South Africa, a total of 14,263 km.
• There was a plan in the US, back in the 20th century, to have 2,000 nuclear reactors up and running by the year 2000.
• December 3rd, 2020 is the beginning of a new era in Hollywood. Warner Bros announced major, game-changing news. All of their big releases in 2021 will be available on HBO Max and in movie theaters on the same day. Everything. Only in the US though because HBO Max is currently only available in the US. This essentially means the era of "theatrical windows" is over.
• Algorithms have been designed that can diagnose precursor symptoms of Parkinson's based on your voice and your walking gait.
• During 1997 and 1998, Drew Carey served as a spokesperson for the A&W burger chain, appearing in TV ads; he was dismissed (with legal action ensuing) after a November 1998 episode of The Drew Carey Show featured Carey eating at a McDonald's location in China.
• Millennial dads spend 3 times more time with their kids than their fathers spent with them. In 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%.
• The CEO of Piala, a marketing firm in Tokyo, made a new policy in 2017 that awards non-smokers an extra 6 vacation days per year because they don't take regular smoke breaks.
• Thailand has salted egg flavoured Lays chips.
• In New Zealand, Rice Krispies are called Rice Bubbles.
• They have to label American Budweiser beer "Bud" in the EU because there already exists a beer named Budweiser. In fact, Busch stole the name to use on his US beer.
  
  
  
• Not only is the name of Kraft Dinner different in the US (Kraft Macaroni and Cheese), the Canadian variety has a fork in the picture on the box, while the US box has a spoon.
• Sour patch kids candy is called Very bad kids in France.