Things I learned lately 28 June

• The US will ban sales of Kaspersky antivirus software in July because it is a Russian product.
• Canada's national anthem, "O Canada," was first performed on June 24, 1880. The music was composed by Calixa Lavallée, with French lyrics written by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The anthem was originally commissioned for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations in Quebec City. The English lyrics, which are a loose translation of the original French lyrics, were penned by Robert Stanley Weir in 1908.
• Dave Thomas, of SCTV fame, started at an ad agency as an ad writer for Coca Cola.
• Adele, Evanescence, Oasis, Ice Cube, Eminem, Hedley, The Cat Empire, Zooey Deschanel, Beyonce, Erika Badu and Lionel Ritchie all have something in common. They all sang a song named ‘Hello’.
• Olivia Newton John’s ‘Magic’; Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’; Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross’s “Endless Love’; Christopher Cross’s ‘Arthur’s Theme’; Vangelis’ ‘Chariots of Fire’; Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’; Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes’ ‘Up where we belong’; Irene Cara’s ‘Flashdance’; Michael Sembello’s ‘Maniac’; Kenny Loggins’ ‘Footloose’; Phil Collins’ ‘Against all odds’; Deniece Willams’ ‘Let’s hear it for the boy’; Prince’s ‘When doves cry’; Ray Parker Jr’s ‘Ghostbusters’; Prince’s ‘Let’s go crazy’; Simple Minds’ ‘Don’t you (forget about me)’; Bryan Adams’ ‘Heaven’; Duran Duran’s ‘A view to a kill’; John Parr’s ‘St Elmo’s fire’; Jan Hammer’s ‘Miami Vice theme’; Phil Collin’s ‘Separate lives’; Berlin’s ‘Take my breath away’; Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ ‘I’ve had the time of my life’; The Beach Boys’ ‘Kokomo’; Bette Midler’s ‘Wind beneath my wings’; are all songs that in 1981 reached number one on BillBoard’s Hot 100, that were from movie or TV soundtracks.
• If you feel unsafe privately selling your car, the police stations in Calgary (and I’m guessing elsewhere) have a special lot made just for secure vehicle transaction spaces.