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)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Billy the Kid played croquet. (Courtesy: Jacey Fortin/NYT)
* Grandmother clock is a type of clock and different than a Grandfather clock. (Courtesy: Quinn’s Auction House)
* Capons are extra delicious castrated poultry. (Courtesy: Ese Erheriene/WSJ)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that if a headline ends with a question mark, the answer is no. (Courtesy: Matt Levine/Money Stuff)
* The absolute deliciousness of wild-caught Alaskan salmon overnighted to your doorstep. (Courtesy: DK)
* A thousandth-of-a-second in men’s world-class swimming is equal to about two centimeters of distance traveled. The swimming governing body (FINA) allows three centimeters of variation among pool lanes. It seems picking a shorter lane could yield significant results, although FINA uses hundredth-of-a-second times to mitigate this. (Courtesy: Tim Burke/Deadspin)