Friday, January 11, 2019

Things I learned lately 11 Jan


  • In the US, Costco sells a giant 27 pound tub of mac and cheese (pictured) that lasts 20 years for $90. It's not what you think though - it's basically like Kraft Dinner, the cheese powder is separate and it has oxygen reducers to maintain freshness. So you can 'store' it for 20 years.
  • A 2018 study looked at 18,000 hospitalized CPR cases. Overall, only 28.5% of the adults who got CPR survived to eventually leave the hospital.
  • If you own an iPhone and you receive a call where the caller ID looks like it's coming from Apple Support, complete with logo, just remember that every iPhone has that number stored as a contact right out of the box. And, remember that people have the ability to spoof any caller ID when placing a call - with the right equipment. The logo and name are coming right from the contacts on your phone.
  • 44.5% of under-30 households in Canada don't have cable or satellite TV service.
  • There is a petition to the US government asking for the Northwest Angle to be given over to Canada. This disembodied parcel of land west of Lake of the Woods belongs to the US as a result of a mapping error from the 1800s. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/give-canada-back-northwest-angle-located-manitoba


  • The pyramids were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us today.
  • Disneyland and Disneyworld are on opposite sides of the US, but they're both in Orange County.

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