Among the things I learned this week:
* Amtrak’s Acela is late 1/3 of the time, while the Northeast Regional is late 1/4 of the time. (Courtesy: Amtrak)
* K’ang (Courtesy: Dream of the Red Chamber)
* Masnada and mafia precursors. (Courtesy: Agatha Christie’s Poirot)
* Michael Jordan initially wanted an endorsement deal with Adidas. (Courtesy: Harper’s)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Jisei. (Courtesy: Harper’s)
* Jeffrey Sachs advised Yanis Varoufakis during the Greece crisis. (Courtesy: NYer)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Depictions of sexual assault in opera. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Weather forecasting’s early days. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Orson Welles’ dog Kiki. (Courtesy: Peter Biskind)
* Wine as loan collateral. (Courtesy: NYT)
