Things I learned lately 15 Jul

• Dragonflies are also some of the insect world's most efficient hunters, catching up to 95% of the prey they pursue.
  
  
  
• An approximately 2,000 year old red cedar was found in a remote area of North Vancouver, measuring 4.8 metres wide.
• The Calgary Stampede set a parade attendance record this year (2022) with over 300,000 people watching along the route.
• On Mars, sound only travels at 240m/s versus 340m/s on earth. Also, because of the thin atmosphere, sound doesn’t travel very far. So, I guess no echoes across valleys.
• The difference between million and billion is more than we think. To put it in perspective, 1 million seconds is about 12 days while 1 billion seconds is equivalent to 31.7 years.
• "Twelve Plus One" is an anagram of "Eleven Plus Two".
• 16⁰C and 28⁰C reversed are equal to their Fahrenheit value. 16C is 61F and 28C is 82F.
• The only artist to ever have 5 albums in the US Top 20 at the same time is Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.