Things I learned lately 23 Jun

• The NHL has decided to ban ‘cause-based’ jerseys from now on, because of the few players who refused to wear ‘Pride’ jerseys this past season. They could have just said, “If you don’t want to wear it, then don’t.”
• Do OLED TVs suffer from burn in? Yes, they can. Do you need to worry? Only if you’re displaying static elements on screen for hours at a time on a regular basis. I’m talking about the score windows of video games, the ticker and logo of CNN, that sort of thing.
• Men may be more likely to lie to enhance their status or impress others, while women may be more likely to lie to protect others or avoid conflict.
• In the United States, renewable energy sources, including hydropower, wind, solar, and other sources, generated approximately 12.3% of the country's electricity in 2020. In China, 26.8% came from renewable energy sources in 2020.
• Canada may be unique in calling it a bus ‘depot’ and a fire ‘hall’.
• St. John's was used for setting up seasonal fishermen camps in the early 1500s. Sebastian Cabot declared in his original 1545 map that St. John's earned its name when he and his father, John Cabot, in the service of England, supposedly became the first Europeans to sail into the harbour, on the morning of 24 June 1494, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. A series of expeditions to St. John's by the Portuguese took place in the early 16th century, and by 1540, French, Spanish and Portuguese ships crossed the Atlantic annually to fish the waters off the Avalon Peninsula. On 5 August 1583, an English Sea Dog, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, claimed the area as England's first overseas colony. There was no permanent population, however, and Gilbert was lost at sea during his return voyage, thereby ending any immediate plans for settlement. By 1620, the fishermen of England's West Country controlled most of Newfoundland's east coast. In 1627, William Payne, called St. John's "the principal prime and chief lot in all the whole country". Sometime after 1630, the town of St. John's was established as a permanent community.