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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* The meddlesome wannabe psychologist on Miracle in 34th Street is the lawyer in The Thin Man, Porter Hall. (Courtesy: Personal Experience)

* Weck Sturz Glass Canning Jars, and specifically the 12.5 oz one, makes an excellent grind-collection container for KitchenAid Burr Coffee Grinders.

* USPS makes a regular habit of providing a delivered status for packages, marking them delivered just in time for the shipper’s promise to customers, and then delivering them one to two days later. (Courtesy: Personal Experience)

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* It’s illegal to import non-Brazilian coffee into Brazil. (Courtesy: James Freeman et. al., The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee)

* The history leading up to the southern WV mine wars. (Courtesy: PBS’ Mine Wars)

* Ebenezer Scrooge, before his Christmas revelation, may have been a proponent of self-use renewable energy. (Courtesy: George C. Scott’s A Christmas Carol)

These are garments, Mr. Cratchit. Garments were invented by the human race as a protection against the cold. Once purchased, they may be used indefinitely for the purpose for which they are intended. Coal burns. Coal is momentary and coal is costly. There will be no more coal burned in this office today, is that quite clear, Mr. Cratchit?

Things I Learned this Week

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)