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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* Parents are spending more time with their kids these days. (Courtesy: The Economist)

* NCAA football championships are less diverse program wise than its basketball counterpart. In the 16 playoff spots since NCAA football moved to a playoff system, nine programs participated. There have been 13 programs in basketball’s equivalent. (Courtesy: Marc Tracy/NYT)

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* “Squirrels who bury their nuts in the ground lose more than half, because they cannot remember the place.” (Courtesy: Beatrix Potter)

* ISIS doesn’t claim responsibility for attacks when the perpetrators survive. Except for this most recent NYC attack. (Courtesy: Rukmini Callimachi/NYT)

* The highest note hit at the Met Opera is the A above high C, as sung by Audrey Luna. (Courtesy: Zachary Woolfe/NYT)