Things I learned lately 14 Jul

• Death Valley California’s forecast for Sunday is 54.4C
• The Calgary Stampede broke a world record on July 9th, serving 17,182 five inch pancakes in an 8 hour period.
• Mercedes has just joined with Volvo, Polestar, Rivian, GM, and Ford to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port, which means that by 2025, they should all be compatible with Tesla’s Superchargers.
  
  
  
• Burger King Thailand has just released a sandwich with 20 slices of American cheese on a bun.
• A few cities in the US are getting rid of bus fares, on some or all routes, either permanently, or as a trial. These include Denver, Boston, New York, Kansas City; Raleigh; Richmond; Olympia; Tucson; and Alexandria. This will help with stop duration and help low income earners. The hope is to lure more people out of their cars too.
• There are no intercity roads in Greenland. All roads in a town or city end at the city limits because of the harsh terrain.
• There are more boats than cars in Greenland.
• The reason Africa in general doesn’t have a huge international naval trade presence is due in large part to its lack of large ports. This is due to Africa’s unique coastal geography, in that it has very shallow coastlines and very few protected inlets suitable for ports. It also has few large rivers that penetrate the deep interior suitable for ocean-going ships.
• Treppenwitz: Someone says something to you, and you are so overwhelmed by the comment that it leaves you speechless, You can't come up with a snappy comeback on the spot. Once you've left the situation, the perfect response suddenly pops into your head. Referred to as Treppenwitz in German, which literally means staircase joke, because, what do you know, the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out.