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Things I Learned - August 2026 (opens the original)
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Hello, happy September. Here is what I learned in August. Things I LearnedA sixth of revenue in the British Raj came from the sale of narcotics. (source)Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is the only state capital you cannot drive to. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneau,_Alaska#:~:text=Juneau%20is%20unique%20among%20U.S.%20state%20capitals%20in%20that%20there%20are%20no%20roads%20connecting%20the%20city%20to%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20state%20or%20to%20the%20contig
Things I Learned - July 2026 (opens the original)
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Greetings from London. Here is what I learned in July. Things I LearnedJapan does not have a foreign intelligence agency. (source)Manhattan today has 600k fewer residents than it did in 1910. (source)In virtually all favorite-color polls, blue is overwhelmingly selected as the favorite. The second place color — red or green, depending on the country — is typically at least 10 to 20 percentage points behi
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