Today I learned that Trump, Bush, and Clinton are all the same age (78). Only 2 months separates Trump (June 1946) and Clinton (Aug), with Bush born in July.
Though I have lived near/on the Great Lakes all my life today I learned that lake effect snow cannot happen (or significantly decreases) if the lake is frozen. Makes sense but I never put two and two together!
I learned that Carson Beck has entered the transfer portal.
Ditto!
I learned where various neighborhoods are located in the LA area
I learned who Carson Beck is.
Y’all may laugh but i learned that i can get free air in my tires at Costco. We are new members since this summer and it’s located over 50 miles away so we don’t go often. But we were in the big city tonight and our low tire pressure light was on. All sheetz we go to have horrendous lines. The service guy at Costco even did it for me!
Tonight I’ve learned several new rare diseases that previously had no name by watching Chronicle, an excellent newsmagazine on Channel 5 in MA. Medical science is amazing.
I learned that when calling your cable providers automated system, saying representative repeatedly just returns you to the automated main menu, while getting frustrated and yelling naughty words at the automated system gets you disconnected.
More Great Lakes knowledge.
Lake Erie is shallow, the lake will freeze earlier so lake effect is usually early in the season.
Lake Michigan is deeper, lake effect bands go pretty far inland early in the season, later in the season lake effect is near the shore.
Lake Superior is the deepest, it very rarely freezes and so lake effect is all winter.
2014 was unusual in that most of the Great Lakes froze. I think it was something like 93% coverage.
I randomly learned about the extensive training it takes to become a U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper(PJ). It popped up on my YouTube feed at lunch.
The process is informally known as “Superman School.” It is among the longest Special Forces training courses in the world. It also has one of the highest attrition rates, roughly 80%.
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SPECIAL WARFARE PREPARATORY COURSE (SW PREP)
8 weeks/Lackland AFB, TX -
SPECIAL WARFARE ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION COURSE
4 weeks/Lackland AFB, TX -
SPECIAL WARFARE PRE-DIVE COURSE
4 weeks/Lackland AFB, TX -
SPECIAL WARFARE COMBAT DIVE COURSE
5 weeks/Panama City, FL -
AIRBORNE SCHOOL
5 weeks/Fort Benning, GA -
MILITARY FREE-FALL COURSE
4 weeks/Yuma, AZ; Jamul, CA -
SERE TRAINING(Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape)
3 weeks/ Fairchild AFB, WA -
PARARESCUE EMT-B COURSE
7 weeks/Kirtland AFB, NM -
PARARESCUE EMT-P COURSE(Paramedic)
30 weeks/Kirtland AFB, NM -
PARARESCUE APPRENTICE COURSE
22 weeks/Kirtland AFB, NM
Their motto is “That Others May Live.”
I learned my husband’s band was hired as actors on a PBSish type educational show when he was in his late teens.
I learned that enrollment at my alma mater, University of North Dakota, is up by 20 percent and their current capital campaign has raised half a billion dollars.
I learned about the billionaire family that control water rights here in California.
Goliath season 3 come to life?
It was an Instagram video D2 sent me about how control of water rights in the Central Valley were gained by a billionaire farming company.
Not to get political, but I work for an engineering company in Southern California and we do a lot of work on rehabilitation of older reservoirs and tanks and the fact that California has not built a new reservoir in 40 years has been a huge problem for our state.
I suppose the show was inspired by that. Wow. I didn’t realize. I’m looking it up now.
So I guess I learned this today too.
I learned that Costco membership gets you the Costco Membership Prescription Program, which allows you to receive a lower price on prescriptions than your insurance price would be. H’s niacin would be $111 for three months on his Part D plan. Costco automatically checked the price using the CMPP, and it was $32.
I learned that southern sweet tea for breakfast is pretty good with a meat lovers scramble bowl at the local diner.
Learned that there is an email to send Apple Pfishing to: reportpfishing@apple.com. Used it this morning to send off a suspicious text I received from Germany in my text inbox.