Things I learned lately 26 Feb

• Jell-O Lemon Pudding and Pie Filling. Yet another superior product that has been discontinued. Thanks a lot Kraft.
• Fossil remains suggest that dogs accompanied the people who migrated to the Americas from Asia, specifically via a coastal route that followed the Cordilleran Ice Sheet.
  
  
  
• The 1968 Ford Capri, sold in Europe, was marketed as an American coupe, basically a baby Mustang. In North America, the Mercury Capri was marketed as an exotic European coupe. It wore the Mercury badge so as not to upstage the Ford Pinto.
• Here's how kids play online schooling hooky nowadays. They know that if you enter the wrong password many times in a row in Zoom, it locks you out for a set period of time. The more you try with the wrong password, the longer the lockout period. They just keep logging in with the wrong password for a while and even if you try logging in with the right one, it says 'incorrect password' even though it should be saying 'account locked'. Kids today.
• Most organizations don't find out how useless their backup plans are until they get hit with ransomware.
• Our immune system is a lot like AI. It is exposed to a situation, given prompts on what to do, and then can address a similar situation in the future.
• Germany is turning 62 disused military bases into wildlife sanctuaries, a move that will increase Germany's total protected wildlife area by 25%.
• Nearly half of all teachers leave the profession in the first 5 years.
• Most retouching of images in magazines are requested and approved by the subjects themselves.