Things I learned lately 30 Jun

• The state of California were a sovereign nation, it would have the 5th largest economy. It is about to vault over Germany to become the 4th largest economy in the world.
• The Wallace Line is an invisible boundary line drawn in 1859 by Alfred Russel Wallace that separates the biogeographical realms of Asia and Australia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, a very different mixture of species of Asian and Australian origins is present. Wallace noticed this clear division in both land mammals and birds during his travels through the East Indies in the 19th century.
• UK: Full fat milk. US: Whole milk. Canada: Homo milk.
• Around the 44 second mark of the classic Floyd song Wish you were here, you can hear David Gilmour cough. Hearing the flub in the mix, they decided to keep it in. But David, on hearing the cough, supposedly resolved to quit smoking. 
• Flavours of potato chips in France: camembert; oyster; onion confit; aioli; andalouse sauce; porcini; tapenade; braised chicken; gouda and cumin; prime rib; mustard and vinegar; emmental; goat cheese and herb; parisian sandwich; basque pepper; roast beef and mustard; caramelized roscoff onion; old-fashioned mustard; bolognese; cheeseburger; smoked paprika; pesto mozzarella; mustard pickles; country ham.
• It’s not unusual to find various bottles of wine in the grocery store in France under 6 euros.
• The Dr Seuss book “If I ran the zoo” contains the first appearance of the word “nerd”. This fact turned the word from a nonce into a neologism.
• Coca Cola sells $3.1 billion of product in Canada.