Among the things I learned this week:
* Mansudae Art Studio is North Korea’s art department, and its artwork is available for sale via an Italy-based company. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Evacuation Day (Courtesy: NYT)
* CubeSat movement technologies. (Courtesy: Economist)
* Northwestern-style xiao long baos have a thicker skin, because of the region’s more common use of flour. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Tobacco was legal tender in Virginia. (Courtesy: David Graeber’s Debt)
Among the things I learned this week:
* The incredible number and variety of soups in Thailand. (Courtesy: ZS)
* The median distance between an adult child and his/her mother is 18 miles. (Courtesy: NYT)
Among the things I learned this week:
* DVR users’ commercial skip rates, which vary primarily by time of show (e.g., primetime, daytime). (Courtesy: Thomas Rogers on Bloomberg Radio)
* About 98 percent of Bitcoin transactions occur off the blockchain (Courtesy: a16z Podcast)
* Tap music developed out of American slavery, an outgrowth from Irish and West African dancing. Ella Fitzgerald’s Apollo debut was going to be a tap dance, but she decided to sing at the last minute out of nerves. (Courtesy: Harper’s review of What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing)