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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* A chicken’s first eggs have a harder shell than usual. (Courtesy: ZS)

* The recidivism rate for a anti-aggressive driving course in VA is 0.04 percent, up from 0.0 percent in the mid-2000s. (Courtesy: AVH).

* A box of Edison wax cylinders were discovered and identified recently, including the only known recording of Bismark. (Courtesy: NYT and Ron Cowen)

* There is a series of endurance races for sub-$500 cars called the 24 Hours of LeMONS. I am considering making it my follow up to the Jason at the Derby demolition-derby adventure. (Courtesy: AJ)

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* Shakespeare became popular after a publisher disregarded copyright agreements and moved to sell his works for dirt cheap. (Courtesy: Harper’s)

* The tremendous drop in labor share–how much labor is needed to cover the labor costs of doing business–during the past few years and its longer decline. (Courtesy: The Big Picture)

* What it’s like to be in an earthquake. (Courtesy: Personal experience)

* Once you’ve been in a demolition derby, you never watch one the same way. (Courtesy: Personal experience)