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.