Things I learned lately 28 Jul

• Families with trans children are fleeing the state of Florida, or trying to decide whether to flee, because of the direction state law and culture is going.
• For both June 2023 and the last 6 months combined, the top selling car model (gas or electric) in Europe is the Tesla Model Y.
• Norway and Sweden both have “freedom to roam” laws. This means residents can camp anywhere they want, except on private property.
• Norway and Sweden spend the most (as a portion of their GDP) on education of all EU countries, at 8% and 7.7% respectively.
• Two Ocean Creek, in Wyoming, splits at ‘the parting of the waters. The west split takes a route to the Pacific Ocean and the other split takes a path to the Atlantic Ocean.
• During the American Civil War, the number of soldiers on American soil grew from under 25,000 to over 1,000,000. After the war was over, the number shrank down to about 40,000.
• In the lead up to World War II, Nazi Germany went from having about 125,000 soldiers to over 3,000,000 by the start of the war. America mobilized 12 million military by 1944.
• When Samuel de Champlain settled Quebec in 1608, only two other European settlements existed north of Mexico (not including the Caribbean), St Augustine and Jamestown.
• In 1950, Canada was the third largest car producer, albeit way behind the US. By 1960, Canada had dropped to 8th place and Germany, in 2nd place, was making huge gains. By 1970, Japan had replaced Germany in 2nd. By 1980, Japan had taken top spot and wasn’t looking back. By 1990, South Korea was just arriving on the scene of top car producers. By 2000, the US had gotten their lead back. Then China started making moves. By 2010, China was way ahead of Japan (2nd) and the US (3rd).