In 1927, the United States formally adopted it as an official radiotelegraph distress signal, helpfully explaining in Article 19 of their resolution that mayday corresponds "to the French pronunciation of the expression m'aider."
☀️ GOOD NEWS ALERT: For the first time ever, clean energy added more new electricity in 2025 than the world's demand grew.
Solar and wind covered 99% of that growth, while coal, oil, and gas use actually dipped.
Renewables now supply over a third of global power.