Things I learned lately 11 Nov

• Smaller parking lots that have between 80 and 400 spaces will have until 2028 to be in compliance with the new measures to cover them in solar panels in France. Parking lots with more than 400 spaces have until 2026, and at least half of the surface area of the parking lot will need to be covered in solar panels.
• Effective April 2022, the French government has banned short-haul flights where a train or bus alternative of two and a half hours or less exists. This is part of an effort by France to reduce carbon emissions.
• Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is a hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 705 AD by Fujiwara Mahito, it is a long-established business as the oldest hotel and perhaps the oldest independent company in operation. In 2011, the hotel was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest hotel in the world.
• Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III is the colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. He is also a king penguin.
• According to the Global Slavery Index, there are an estimated 50 million slaves in the world today. Nearly a quarter of enslaved individuals are children according to the International Labour Organization. For example, Nestle relies on (but doesn’t condone) child slavery in western Africa to produce chocolate.