Among the things I learned this week:
* Polo is a fun and fairly simple game, which is not to say it is simple to play. (Courtesy: Great Meadow Foundation)

* The Soviet Union denied requests for garlic experts to traverse the old Silk Road to collect garlic samples, because the areas commonly included missile bases. Beginning in 1989, though, requests were approved, and this opening up is a major source of “new” (i.e., rediscovered) garlic types. (Courtesy: The Valley Table)

* Vibrators were the fifth domestic appliance to be electrified. (Courtesy: NYer)