I usually got a contact phone number when I was babysitting, or at least the location of the parents so I could look it up. Mainly because I was too young for a driver's license. I could have always called my parents, though.
I've had pizza with cherries and with apples. But no cheese or vegetables. That's what you have for dessert at pizza buffets, the kind you take the kids to for arcade games and parties. They also have chocolate pizza.
You are right about the International Date Line, which doesn't follow the meridian because of human reasons. The date line was moved in 1867 when the US purchased Alaska. Looking that up reminded me of a video about the Russian-Alaska border.
My Gen Z daughter tried to trip me up with Gen Alpha slang the other day, but I was able to keep up because after all, I am more online than she will ever be. Then her Millennial husband pointed out that every term she used was at least five years old. There's nothing like making your kids feel old, since they've been doing that to me all their lives.