Things I learned lately 17 Nov

• DoorDash warns Canadian customers that not tipping may result in a slower delivery.
• If you’re looking for virus data in Alberta, you won’t hear anything from UCP headquarters, but at least they have stats: https://www.alberta.ca/stats/dashboard/respiratory-virus-dashboard.htm
• According to the US Senate Intelligence Committee Chair and the Energy Committee Chair, the US is lagging 10 to 20 years behind Asia in commercialization of battery technology. China accounts for more than 75% of global battery cell production.
• There is a Tesla Model S 70D still on the road that has 725,641 km on it. The Model 3 hasn’t been around as long, but there’s one with 627,961 km.
• Nissan sells a very small Sakura EV in Asia that isn’t much bigger than a Smart car (but does have 2 rows of seats). It has a range of 180 km and a top speed of 130 km/h. It costs the equivalent of CAD$22,000 minus the CAD$5000 rebate Japanese get for buying a domestic EV.
• Before adopting the Roman word for April (Aprelis), the Old English word for this month was Ēosturmōnaþ (the month of Easter). Ēostre is a West Germanic spring goddess. During Ēosturmōnaþ, pagan Anglo-Saxons held feasts in Ēostre's honour, but this tradition died out, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.
• Yule (also called Jul, jól or joulu) is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. It was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples.
• When you see English and French words that are similar, it’s because a very large number of English words were adopted during the Norman invasion, transforming Old English to Middle English.