Things I've Learned: "Red" Hong Yi & National Flag of Canada Day

Possibly because I haven't worked (or studied!) much in the past seven days, I can't think of any particularly interesting medical thing I've learned :S However, I did learn a few interesting non-medical things in the past seven days:

1. manatees -- Over 300 manatees have gathered in Florida's Three Sister Springs, 80 miles north of Tampa. This area of warm water commonly sees large numbers of manatees take up residence in the wintertime. Manatees, sometimes known as sea cows, are herbivorous marine mammals that can reach 4 m in length. They inhabit shallow coastal waters and rivers of the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Amazon basin, and West Africa, and often migrate to warm spring-fed rivers in the winter. I'd love to see a manatee some day!

   

   (http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/04/travel/feat-manatees-crowd-three-sisters-springs-florida/)

2. "Red" Hong Yi -- I spent some time this week watching YouTube videos of this talented artist creating art from things like tea bags, chopsticks, and a basketball dipped in red paint. It's engrossing to watch in the same way as Neil Buchanan's big art attacks (remember that TV show?). Recently Red spent two months steeping and stapling tea bags to create Teh Tarik Man, a reflection on her native Malaysian culture, which was showcased at the World Economic Forum last month.

   

   (http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/02/04/red-hong-teabag/)

3. The Tree That Owns Itself -- This white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, is assumed to have legal ownership of itself and all land within eight feet of its base. Apparently in 1832, William Jackson, son of the Governor of Georgia, deeded the tree ownership of itself and surrounding land to protect his cherished childhood memories of it. Although the original tree fell in 1942, a new tree grown from one of its acorns, known as the Son of The Tree That Owns Itself, was planted in the same location. The tree has since been designated a local historic landmark, and has been added to the National Register as a "resident" of the district.

   

   (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treethatownsitself.jpg)

4. National Flag of Canada Day -- February 15, 2015 is National Flag of Canada Day. In particular, it's the 50th anniversary of the day in 1965 when the national flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. Prior to this, the Union Jack represented the country.

   

   (http://www.rfpsolutions.ca/rfpportal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=166&Itemid=133)

What is something interesting that you learned this week?