Things I learned lately 26 February

• As of 14 Feb 2022, Omicron makes up 98% of Covid infection cases in Canada (versus Delta). In the US, it's 100%.
• The Netherlands has reclaimed 2,700 square miles of land from the ocean, the equivalent of 1,306,800 football fields. China has reclaimed 4,600 square miles of land from the ocean, the equivalent of 2,226,400 football fields.
• Saratoga Springs, New York, is the birthplace of the potato chip. In 1853, railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt dined at at Moon’s Lake House and sent back his fried potatoes because they weren't thin enough. Chef George Crum maliciously complied with Vanderbilt's demand, and fried up super-thin potato slices until they were extra crispy. But Vanderbilt loved them, and the potato chip was born. Crum opened his own restaurant, and became famous for his Saratoga Chips.
• Lay's became the first American national brand of potato chips in 1961.
• Old Dutch Products Co. was founded by Carl J. Marx in 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Marx chose the name "Old Dutch" because Dutch was associated with cleanliness and quality. Old Dutch opened a plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1954 to manufacture chips for the Canadian market. The Canadian head office remains in Winnipeg. Old Dutch Foods acquired Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods in a C$26.7 million takeover bid in 2006. The Humpty Dumpty brand is generally sold in the New England states, Quebec, The Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Frito-Lay began in the early 1930s as two separate companies, "The Frito Company" and "H.W. Lay & Company", which merged in 1961 to form "Frito-Lay, Inc". In 1965, Frito-Lay, Inc. merged with the Pepsi-Cola Company, resulting in the formation of PepsiCo. Since that time, Frito-Lay has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo.