Things I learned lately 16 Apr

• There was supposed to be a sequel to the Beetlejuice movie called Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian. It almost happened a few times over the years but it's still shelved.
• The Chinese have created firefighting drones to fight fires in high-rises.
• Sweden hasn't bothered with a full lock down, although they do mostly practise distancing. Schools, stores and restaurants are still open. At last check, Sweden had less than half the cases Canada did, but they had 200 more deaths from Covid-19.
• Electric car owners in North America refer to their front trunks as 'frunks'. What do the Brits call them? 'Froots'. (Front boot)
• Mortgage payments can be deferred for up to six months at the request of the Canadian government. But the interest on those payments will be added back to the outstanding balance, resulting in customers paying interest on top of deferred interest. Canada's big 6 banks earned $46 billion in combined profits last year, the 10th year in a row their profits have gone up.
• There are people who, based on opinion they read on Facebook, think 5G cell technology is responsible for or contributing to, Covid-19. It has gotten so out of hand, some folks are burning cell towers in the UK.
• There are people who think that the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy is a loan.
• Remember many years ago when the government promised that Alberta would completely get access to high speed internet? Even in rural areas? Never happened.
• 'Orange' meant the fruit before it meant a colour.
• The word “PEZ” comes from the German word for peppermint – PfeffErminZ.