Things I learned lately 22 Jul

• If you’re experiencing ‘summer cold’ symptoms right now, there’s a very good chance you’re infected with Covid. The numbers would be higher if people with and without symptoms got tested.
• Chipotle permanently closed an outlet in Maine where the employees voted to unionize.
• The EU is mandating Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) in all new cars made after July 2022.
• You can buy a (base) Chevy Bolt electric car right now for $35,000.
• As of 2013, the largest wind farm running in Alberta is the massive Halkirk Wind Project in east-central Alberta. Located near the village of Halkirk in east-central Alberta, this project consists of 83 turbines, each capable of generating 1.8 MW of power.
  
  
  
• In 1979, Jean-Michel Jarre entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest number of spectators ever at an open-air concert. It was held at Place de la Concorde in Paris, and drew more than a million people. In 1986, his live performance ‘Rendez-vous Houston’ was attended by nearly 1.5 million people. Thus, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records again by breaking his previous record. He broke the record once again in 1990, when his concert Paris La Defense was attended by 2.5 million. In 1997 Jean-Michel Jarre was hired by the mayor of Moscow to put on a sensational show in celebration of Moscow’s 850th anniversary. Attendance surpassed expectations, with over 3.5 million audience members flocking to see the concert.
• Mickey Rooney was married 8 times. He appeared in more than 300 films in a career that spanned 9 decades.
• An iconic landmark in Montreal that everyone I know from back home has visited at least once, is the 60 foot orange ball of a food joint known as Orange Julep on Decarie. This article tells a bit of its history, much of which I did not know.