Things I learned lately 18 Jan

• Canada Dry contains such a minuscule amount of a ginger flavour extract that it could not possibly have any health benefits. In fact, the ginger compound content was far too low for humans to even taste. The cans say "Made with real ginger".
• Stevie Ray Vaughan played on David Bowie's Let's Dance album.
• Iggy Pop wrote the lyrics to David Bowie's song China Girl.
• It wasn't until January 1925 that we knew for sure that other galaxies exist. This was thanks to the patient work of Edwin P Hubble at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California.
• Youppi, formerly the Montreal Expos mascot, and currently the Montreal Canadiens mascot, is celebrating his 40th year as a team mascot in 2019. Youppi! is French for Yippee! His jersey number is '!'.
• 10 to the power of 9990 is called one tremilliatrecennovemvigintillion. 10 to the power of 9999 is one one tremilliatrecendotrigintillion.
• I guess in the spirit of 'Movember', 'Januhairy' is now a thing for women. No shaving.
• In the 1640s the Dutch of New Amsterdam built a wall to keep out the British, the native Americans and the pirates (the bad hombres). In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. Where the wall once existed is now called Wall Street.