Things I learned lately 18 June

• Europe is building an $11 billion rail tunnel through the Alps between Italy and Switzerland over 55km. For reference, 55km is the equivalent of the distance between Calgary's west ring road all the way to the highway 40 Kananaskis turnoff.
• In 1985, The New York Times predicted 'the demise of the laptop'.
• You can cook a chicken if you slap it fast enough and long enough. YouTube has everything. Who thought of that to try though?
  
  
  
• Barns in the US are red because farmers made their own sealant using linseed oil and rust. The rust protects the wood from algae and fungal growth but also colors the mixture red.
• Veterinarians kill themselves at rates 2.5 to 3.5 times the general population, due in part to online trolling and threats from pet owners who blame them for the death of a pet, and easy access to lethal medicines.
• If you change your TV picture mode setting to 'movie' or 'cinema' mode, you get a warmer colour temperature that displays more accurate colour. 
• Taya Currie is the first female hockey player to be drafted by the Ontario Hockey League. She is a goaltender.
• The most popular coffee chain in Minnesota is not Starbucks or Dunkin'. It's Caribou.
• Canada has 9% of the world's forests, but forests only cover 38% of our land mass. Canada has only lost 0.5% of its forest mass since 1990.