Things I learned lately 27 November

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  Facebook is about to delete its collection of 1 billion facial recognition files (faceprints). So as my friend Jon put it, "Facebook is about to delete their book of faces". LOL.
• Mall Santas are in short supply, but big demand in Canada.
• Arby's will release limited edition Crinkle Fry Vodka and Curly Fry Vodka. The fries-flavored, 80-proof bottles will be available Nov. 18. Both spirits are made from a high-quality potato vodka. The Curly Fry Vodka is distilled with cayenne, paprika, onion and garlic, while the Crinkle Fry Vodka is made with kosher salt and sugar. They'll be available in limited quantities. A second chance to buy the french-fry spirits is on Nov. 22. $59.99, including shipping and handling.
• The French have officially created a gender-neutral pronoun. Iel / iels is a merging of il and elle. We have one too, ze / zir / zem / zeir, but it's not well promoted.
• After Jim Morrison's death in 1971, the rest of The Doors wanted Paul Rodgers (Free) to replace him. Robbie Krieger flew to England to personally offer him the job. However, Rodgers has said that he was off the grid in a very rural area at the time, and the moment passed. In late 1973, Paul Rodgers was asked to become the singer of Deep Purple when Ian Gillan had left the band. He rejected their offer in order to start Bad Company.
• The 7th largest pyramid in the world is a Bass Pro Shop, because of course it is.
• In some cultures, including the Navajo tradition, pointing at a rainbow would incur the wrath of the gods. People consider rainbows to be celestial beings, or at the very least, sent by them. So you can ooh and aah at a rainbow all you like, but if you point at one, you're disrespecting the deity responsible for it.
• British pubs that are hundreds of years old, had to deal with the fact that a lot of people were illiterate. So pub owners got creative and instead of using letters, they started using pictures of easily identifiable and recognizable objects in their logos. This is why pubs have odd names. The names match the visual logos.
• The bicycle company Vanmoof had a problem because customers were receiving their online orders damaged from delivery people mishandling the boxes. So the company changed the packaging design by printing an image of a TV on the box to make it look like there was a television inside. This encouraged the delivery people to be more careful with something as fragile as a TV. And the results – 80% decrease in damaged deliveries.