Friday, March 04, 2022

Things I learned lately 4 March

  • Sony and Honda are planning to form a new company that will design and sell electric cars.
  • Moscow has more billionaires per capita than any other city.
  • The Persians invented sherbet in the 11th century CE, which they called sharbat.
  • The idiom "You can’t have your cake and eat it, too" Means you can’t eat the cake while also still retaining it. Once it is eaten, it is gone.
  • Michelangelo's David is David from David and Goliath.
  • They're called the Grammys because the awards are gramophones.
  • It's called the 'alphabet' because the Greek alphabet starts with alpha, beta....
  • The most popular language to learn in the DuoLingo app in Canada is French. Not a surprise. But Australia too!
  • Prisons in Brazil reduce the sentence of their prisoners by 4 days (max 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a book report on.
  • In 2015, a man from Manchester began spray painting large penises on potholes to get city officials to fill them faster. He called himself 'Wanksy'.

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