Things I learned lately 4 Jun

• The country originally named Turkey has rebranded itself as Turkiye, pronounced tur-key-yay. They did this to eliminate the association with the bird, but also because the term is used in colloquial language to denote failure. I will still have fun mimicking Turkish people saying "Turkish" in their accent. 'toor-keesh'.
  
  
  
• Wendy's is now offering packets of COLD ketchup. You have to ask for them I think. Some folks prefer cold ketchup.
• The CDC believes that as many as 1 in 5 adults may have a new health condition related to their previous Covid-19 illness (long Covid), that includes neurological and mental health conditions, cardiovascular conditions, kidney failure, respiratory conditions, musculoskeletal conditions and blood clots. Vaccination status was not considered in these numbers. Many health experts believe that this figure may be inaccurate.
• There are 4 modern nations called Guinea. Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea. 
• The reason certain food and the animals they come from don't sound similar is because of the influence of Norman French in England. Pig, cow and chicken were the names the farmers, who were Anglo-Saxons. But the meat from those animals, pork, beef and poultry, took their names from Norman French, because the people who ate this food were the royalty, who spoke French.
• People who believe conspiracy theories have been shown that they will pretty much believe any wacky theory presented to them. The problem in the study that made this determination is that they had a difficult time coming up with theories that were wackier than the things the conspiracy theory believers already embraced.
• China only has one official time zone, which is weird for a country of its size.
• Apparently, when you tip via the Starbucks app, the employees at the store don't get any of that money. So if you use the app to buy your coffee, make sure to tip the employee directly.
• Pink Floyd's album Meddle, even with all of its atmospheric sounds, used no synthesizers whatsoever.