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:
* Structure and historical importance of whaling businesses. (Courtesy: The Economist)
* Espresso making techniques and factors. (Courtesy: Toby’s Estate Coffee’s Espresso Foundations Class)
* Bloomberg’s With All Due Respect‘s theme song was produced by Rza. (Courtesy: With All Due Respect’s interview with Rza)
* The history of the KKK’s hood and white uniform. (Courtesy: New Republic)
* Opera flasks or Flacon d’eau de Melisse. (Courtesy: eBay)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Kenya launched a government bond that is available for purchase only through mobile phones. (Courtesy: African Business)
* Among many things in the article, thirty percent of the United States’ federal revenue came from alcohol excise taxes in the early 20th century. (Courtesy: New Yorker)