Things I learned lately 28 Apr

• Donald Trump, on a campaign stop in Florida recently, in a pizza place, asked his supporters there, “Does anybody want a piece that I’ve eaten?”
• A&W started in 1919 as a root beer stand in Lodi, California. The first Canadian A&W opened in Winnipeg in 1956.
• We don’t see a caboose at the back end of a freight train anymore because technology has made it so that the dangers the crew had to watch for and the tasks the crew had to do were no longer required. Now the last car has an end of train (EOT) device that checks air brake pressure and train speed, so the crew at the front know when all the slack is taken up. 
• The precursor to the Eurythmics was The Tourists, of which both Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox were members. They did a pretty good cover of ‘I only want to be with you’.
• ‘Monk mode’ is used to refer to the attempt to cut yourself off from distractions, like social media. It’s supposed to make you more productive and prevents dopamine addiction. However, there is no evidence for this.
• In a study, AI tools helped IT support workers with only 2 months of experience match the performance of workers with 6 months or more of experience. 
• The pool tables in Michael Jackson's Beat It video have no pockets. That’s what they use for carom billiards.
• There is a tiny peninsula on the north coast of Morocco (Penon de Velez de la Gomera) that is part of Spain.
• San Marino is a small country surrounded on all sides by Italy.