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)
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Things I Learned this Week
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)
Things I Learned this Week
Among the things I learned this week:
* The New York Yankees air dry their laundered uniforms, and visiting teams have laundry facilities and staff. (Courtesy: NYT)
* Motion detecting towel dispensers use D batteries. (Courtesy: Personal experience)
* Cull is the term for a lobster missing a claw. Pistol is the term for a lobster with no claws. (Courtesy: Cull & Pistol)
* October is considered an appropriate time to start selling Christmas ornaments. (Courtesy: Kennedy Center)
* RSAP (Renoir Sucks at Painting) Movement. (Courtesy: NYT)
* USGS uses Twitter and other social media data to supplement seismic instrument data to detect earthquakes. (Courtesy: Fellow Party Attendee)