https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/30/50-things-we-know-now-that-we-didnt-know-last-january/ > Remember when we stood on the precipice of a new year, convinced that 2021 would be the year that 2020 wasn’t, and everything would go back to normal? How’d that work out for us? > Some things got back on track in 2021. Politicians kept politicking, and celebrities kept celebriting, but much happened that we probably wouldn’t have predicted. Here’s a list of 50 things that we know now that we didn’t when the year was launched, fresh and new and full of promise.