Things I learned lately 2 April

• The town of Raymond Alberta hasn't allowed the sale of alcohol since its formation in 1903. When Alberta ended prohibition in 1924, Raymond kept it in place. That may change soon as their council will debate allowing restaurants to be licensed. It's not the only town that prohibits alcohol. Cardston, Magrath and Stirling were abstainers too, but only Stirling is insisting it won't change so far. In case you're wondering, yes, these towns were in many cases founded by Mormons. Not every place in Raymond will be able to serve alcohol because there are restrictive covenants in place from 1894.
• Don't ever buy cheap carbon zinc batteries. They barely last one third as long as superior alkaline batteries.
• There are 32,000 km of bike paths / lanes in the Netherlands. That's with a land area of 33,500 square km. For scale, that's approximately the same as the land between Toronto and Windsor, from Lake Ontario to Owen Sound.
• There are no crows in South America, but there are on every other continent, except Antarctica.
• Niagara Falls, NY has lost more than half of its population since 1960.
• The best selling vehicle in Japan is the Honda N-Box. Look it up on Google. It's a box alright.
• Germany is testing an electric cargo truck solution that uses powered lines over the right lane of a highway that the truck connects to for power in the same way a tram or train does with a catenary on each truck.
• In Germany, when there is a traffic jam causing vehicles to stop, everyone has to pull over, left and right, to make a free lane in the middle for emergency vehicles. It's the law.