Things I learned lately 9 Dec

•  58 years ago, on December 9th, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas with the legendary music of The Vince Guaraldi Trio, was aired.
• Apparently, New Zealand has the least obstacles to starting a business.
• In California, the US leader in electric car adoption with more than 1 million plug-in vehicles, EV charging currently accounts for less than 1% of the electricity grid's total load during peak hours. In 2030, when the number of EVs in California is expected to surpass 5 million, charging is projected to account for less than 5% of that load.
• The US has over 13,000 airports.
• Stoney Trail, the ring road around Calgary, once completed will be 101 km long. 
• The original St-Hubert BBQ Rotisserie Chicken store opened in 1951 in Montreal. There is a St-Hubert Express outlet at that location today. St-Hubert operated a store in Fort Lauderdale from 1979 for many years to cater to Quebec snowbirds.
• A man in Spain, dressed to look like a rich tourist, faked a heart attack on 20 separate occasions to avoid paying for his meal at high end restaurants. He’s been arrested each time.
• Swedes cut their pizza with kitchen scissors.
• The top 5 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index (scoring gender equality) are Iceland; Finland; Norway; Sweden; and Denmark.