Among the things I learned this week:
* Billy the Kid played croquet. (Courtesy: Jacey Fortin/NYT)
* Grandmother clock is a type of clock and different than a Grandfather clock. (Courtesy: Quinn’s Auction House)
* Capons are extra delicious castrated poultry. (Courtesy: Ese Erheriene/WSJ)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Felled and properly laid trees can stop tanks. (Courtesy: War is Boring)
* Fake wine is a significant issue in the wine world. (Courtesy: Kate Krader/Bloomberg)
* Flying’s nine freedoms. (Courtesy: Paul McClean and Alex Barker/FT)
* Contrary to an earlier Things I Learned this Week post, Brazil does not ban coffee imports. (Courtesy: Joseph Leahy and Emiko Terazono/FT)
Among the things I learned this week:
* The hottest new dining spot in Pyongyang is Italy Pizza! (Courtesy: Laya Maheshwari/NYT)
* Americans ate seven pounds of avocados in 2015, double what we ate in 2008. Michoacán is the only Mexican state that can export avocados to the US. (Courtesy: Victoria Burnett/NYT)
* Humphrey Bogart was a serious chess player. (Courtesy: Mike Doyle/Chess.com)
* Oysters first appeared at a restaurant in 1763. (Courtesy: Sam Roberts/NYT)