Thursday, May 07, 2020

Things I learned lately 8 May


  • Contrary to what I'd been led to believe, there are still international flights coming and going to and from Canada. Not many, but they're still flying. Brazil, Israel, Hong Kong, Incheon, Tokyo, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles.
  • Peanut butter is a Canadian invention, patented in 1884 by Montreal pharmacist Marcellus Gilmore Edson.
  • People have been living in Montreal (Ville Marie) since 1639, but the first incorporated city in Canada was Saint John New Brunswick in 1785. But people were living in St. John's Newfoundland as early as 1583.
  • The US and South Korea discovered their first Corona virus case on the same day. On 2 May 2020, the US had over 29,000 new cases. South Korea had 13 new cases. Even Sweden, which never went into lock-down, had only 562 new cases. FYI, this is an observation, not a judgement or conclusion.The Pentagon has declassified and released some videos of pilots chasing what can only be described as UFOs.
  • Teslas now recognize (and can react to) stop signs and traffic lights.

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