Things I learned lately 15 Jan

• Amen is Latin for "so be it".
• Dove chocolate and Dove soap are 2 different companies.
• The thing most confusing to folks about Covid restrictions (in Canada) has to do with their inconsistency. You can fly and in some cases go to school. You can shop and gather in groups of 5 or less, but only outdoors. Otherwise, it's no parties, no church, curfew by 8 pm unless you're walking a dog and no haircuts.
• The deepest lake in the US is Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,949 feet (594 m).
• Texarkana is the only US city to straddle two US states.
  
  
  
• This is going to seems bit confusing, but North, South Carolina is 100 miles southeast of Due West, South Carolina.
• Iowa is the only US state that has a river on both its entire eastern and western border. On the east is the Mississippi and on the west is the Missouri.
• Alex, a famous African Grey parrot (1976-2007) pioneered new avenues in avian intelligence. He possessed more than 100 vocal labels for different objects, actions, and colors and could identify certain objects by their material. He could count up to 6 object sets and was working on seven and eight. Alex had advanced math skills for an animal. Alex's most impressive moment was when he asked an existential question about his own appearance. He had been presented with a mirror, and after observing himself asked, "What colour?" He then learned the word gray the colour of his feathers. He relished ordering his humans to perform various tasks for him. He also acted as a coach and cheerleader to his fellow birds, alternately encouraging or admonishing them during their lessons. His favorite toys were cardboard boxes, key chains and corks.
• Probiotics have not been proven to have a positive health benefit to our gut microbiome.
• Cold weather doesn't make you more susceptible to the common cold or flu. Cold weather makes the air in your nose and throat cooler, which in turn makes the viruses more active.
• The programming language that the financial services infrastructure is based upon hasn't been taught in computer sciences for 50 years.