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+title: "One Year of Learning 2024"
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+Inspired by Tom Whitwell's [52 things I learned in 2022](https://medium.com/magnetic/52-things-i-learned-in-2022-db5fcd4aea6e), I started my own list of [things I learned in 2023]({filename}/2024-01-18-one-year-of-learning-2023). 
+Reaching the end of another year, it is time for _Things I Learned In 2024:_
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+1. Some jurisdictions use "day fines"—or fining an offender based on that person's daily personal income. The number of days would be scaled to the seriousness of the offense. {{  robustlink(href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine", versionurl="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Day-fine&oldid=1195720205", versiondate="2024-01-18", title="Day-fine | Wikipedia", anchor="Day Fine, Wikipedia") }}
+1. There are over twice as many federally-recognized Indian tribes as there are countries in the United Nations. [The 574 Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
+in the United States](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R4741), Congressional Research Service
+1. Crayons were invented in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1902 by a school teacher and his brother experimenting with adding waxes to chalk. {{ robustlink(href="https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-05-24/how-one-ohio-town-once-claimed-the-title-of-color-capital-of-the-world", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20240526051136/https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2024-05-24/how-one-ohio-town-once-claimed-the-title-of-color-capital-of-the-world", versiondate="2024-06-19", title="How one Ohio town once claimed the title of ‘color capital of the world’ | The Ohio Newsroom", anchor="How one Ohio town once claimed the title of ‘color capital of the world’") }}, The Ohio Newsroom
+1. “Schrödinger’s cat”—the thought experiment in which a cat in a box can be considered both alive and dead—was first published in scientific journal in 1935. It didn't enter the popular imagination until Ursula K Le Guin, a science fiction author, published a short story in 1974. {{ robustlink(href="https://physicsworld.com/a/ursula-le-guin-the-pioneering-author-we-should-thank-for-popularizing-schrodingers-cat/", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608052534/https://physicsworld.com/a/ursula-le-guin-the-pioneering-author-we-should-thank-for-popularizing-schrodingers-cat/", versiondate="2024-06-20", title="Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat | Quantum Magazine", anchor="Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat") }}, Quantum Magazine.
+1. The U.S. Air Force has a facility in New York where it mounts its aircraft upside-down to test radio emissions. {{ robustlink(href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-fascinating-story-of-the-usafs-upside-down-air-force", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20240620135332/https://www.twz.com/news-features/the-fascinating-story-of-the-usafs-upside-down-air-force", versiondate="2024-06-20", title='The Fascinating Story Of The USAF’s “Upside-Down Air Force” | The War Zone', anchor='The Fascinating Story Of The USAF’s “Upside-Down Air Force”') }}, The War Zone
+1. The largest energy consumer in California is a pumping station that raises water 2,000 feet (600 meters) to cross the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern end of the state. At full capacity, the station moves 2 million gallons a minute for agriculture and drinking. [How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World](https://read.amazon.com/kp/kshare?asin=B0BV1LSLCH&id=qtvdqwbganh7bkx7vu7hjfyvl4&reshareId=BGWEB1XWZT3Z05SYHX7P&reshareChannel=system), by Deb Chachra.
+1. Interlibrary loan was first conceived by Alexandre Vattemare, a french ventriloquist who inspired the founding of Boston Public Library. {{ robustlink(href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Vattemare#Philanthropic_activities_and_cultural_exchange_system", versionurl="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexandre_Vattemare&oldid=1211169817", versiondate="2024-03-01", title="Alexandre Vattemare | Wikipedia", anchor="Alexandre Vattemare") }} on Wikipedia via {{ robustlink(href="https://mstdn.social/@camwyn/113352755662355117", versionurl="", versiondate="", title="", anchor="Camwyn") }} on Mastodon and Mike Taylor.
+1. In 1959, a cement mixer's bucket was left behind on an Oklahoma rural road. In 2011, an artist couple turned it into a space capsule. {{ robustlink(href="https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/10/the-cement-mixer-space-capsule-of.html?m=1", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20241201025354/https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/10/the-cement-mixer-space-capsule-of.html?m=1", versiondate="2024-12-10", title="The Cement Mixer Space Capsule of Winganon | Amusing Planet", anchor="The Cement Mixer Space Capsule of Winganon") }}, Amusing Planet
+1. Atomic clocks built for use on Earth will run faster on the Moon, necessitating the need for "Lunar Coordinate Time" to support navigation and scientific research on the moon. {{ robustlink(href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/what-time-it-moon", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20240929213937/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/what-time-it-moon", versiondate="2024-09-29", title="What Time Is It on the Moon? | NIST", anchor="What Time Is It on the Moon?") }}, National Institute of Standards and Technology
+1. _A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving_ premiered in Canada on Oct 6, 1973 — six weeks before it premiered in the United States. {{ robustlink(href="https://bsky.app/profile/nat.gertler.com/post/3l6fzys4vkx2f", versionurl="https://archive.ph/uZTrb", versiondate="2024-10-13", title="With Canadian Thanksgiving impending, I would like to remind everyone that no matter how many websites you find declaring that A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving premiered on Nov 20, 1973, it actually premiered on Oct 6, 1973, up in Canada. Don't buy the lie! | Nat Gertler", anchor="Nat Gerler on Bluesky") }}
+1. The first virtual meeting was in 1916 between members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers — 5,000 attendees in eight cities (and 95 years before Zoom was founded). {{ robustlink(href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20241118073520/https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-meeting", versiondate="2024-11-18", title="The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916 | IEEE Spectrum", anchor="The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916: The amazing feat linked up 5,100 engineers from Atlanta to San Francisco") }}, IEEE Spectrum, 13-Nov-2024
+1. The cumulative land area of China, the United States, India, Mexico, Peru, and Europe still isn't enough to match the African continent. Somalia, Japan, and New Zealand are all approximately the same size as the US East Coast. See {{ robustlink(href="https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/maps-distort-how-we-see-the-world", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20240715192718/https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/maps-distort-how-we-see-the-world", versiondate="2024-07-15", title="Maps Distort How We See the World | Uncharted Territories", anchor="this and more shown with maps") }}!
+1. Debit card and can card transactions were nearly identical in dollar amounts ($4.55 trillion versus $4.88 trillion) in 2021, but there were twice as many debit transactions as credit transactions (106 billion versus 51 billion). {{ robustlink(href="https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48216", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20241124000640/https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48216", versiondate="2024-11-12", title="Credit Card Swipe Fees and Routing
+Restrictions | Congressional Research Service", anchor="Credit Card Swipe Fees and Routing
+Restrictions") }},  Congressional Research Service, 8-Oct-2024
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+Tom Whitwell has his own list of {{ robustlink(href="https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2024-75efffe44f15", versionurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20241214153652/https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2024-75efffe44f15", versiondate="2024-12-14", title="52 things I learned in 2024 | Tom Whitwell", anchor="52 things he learned in 2024") }}...a good list — I learned some more things!