Things I learned lately 22 Mar

• I just saw the teaser trailer for the new BeetleJuice movie. Big smile on my face.
• Shell has announced that by the end of 2025 they will be shutting down 500 gas stations in the UK to make way for new charging stations.
• William Wrigley, Jr. founded the company in 1891 with the goal of selling soap and baking powder. He offered chewing gum as an enticement to his customers, and eventually the customers didn't care about the baking powder; they only wanted the gum.
• The ICE vehicle manufacturing industry in China is collapsing and factories are being sold at huge discounts or are dormant. Only EV production is still growing.
• Samsung was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-Chul as a Grocery Trading Company.
• What do Gene Simmons; Sting; J.K. Rowling; Sylvester Stallone; Alexander Graham Bell; Hugh Jackman; John Krasinski; Stephen King; Billy Crystal; and Lin-Manuel Miranda have in common? They all used to be teachers of some kind.
• Next year, 2025, the web will be 40 years old.
• More people go through London’s Heathrow airport every year than live in all of Canada.
• Neural networks, not video games, is what made nVidia most of its revenue.
• Aimee Mann is the only guest vocalist Rush ever put on one of their albums.
• Geddy Lee is the only guest vocalist Bob & Doug McKenzie ever put on their album.
• Bruce Power, located just north of Kincardine Ontario, is the largest nuclear generating station in North America and planned for expansion.