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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* The deliciousness of several London gins. (Courtesy: Personal experience)

* Kedgeree is a tasty and Victorian-era British breakfast. (Courtesy: Personal experience)

* Periods as emoticons. (Courtesy: Dan Bilefsky/NYT)

* London’s population set a new high in 2015, surpassing the previous record set in 1939. (Courtesy: Emily Cadman/FT)

* Miles are the unit of measure for frequent flyer programs even for national airlines in countries that use the metric system. (Courtesy: Hyatt)
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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I’ve learned this week:
* Black ASL (Courtesy: Washington Post)

* Fifteen percent of lung cancer cases are in non-smokers. (Courtesy: New Yorker)

* The country’s oldest endowed chair is the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. The chair was established in 1721. (Courtesy: NYT)

* Push presents. (Courtesty: EC)

* Mel Brooks co-created Get Smart. (Courtesy: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee)

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* Sharp invented the mechanical pencil. Sharp’s Wikipedia page identifies a few other cool inventions from the company, including the first camera phone. (Courtesy: Bloomberg)

* Careering means: “Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction”. (Courtesy: RC)