#learning2026 — Public Fediverse posts

Yellow-Capped Passover Coca Cola

I never paid much attention to the color of caps on bottles of Coca Cola. In fact, I do not think I bought a bottle of Coca Cola in almost two years. But thanks to a 2014 article in Food & Wine, I learned that Coca Cola makes yellow-capped Coke for Passover (HT Dan Lewis at Now I Know). This Coke, like Mexican Coca Cola, is sweetened by sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. The New York Post wrote about the Passover Coca Cola before this year's Passover. Citing to the New York Times, the […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/yellow-capped-passover-coca-cola-04-16-26/

Learning About Zespri RubyRed Kiwi

I learned two things from Kat & Satoshi's April 6, 2026 post on Our Adventures in Japan (see the first). The post featured four photos. The last of four photos shows slices of yellow-orange-red kiki on a plate (see their kiwi photo). Granting that I am not a big kiwi person, every kiwi I have seen has been green. Through Wikipedia, I identified Kat & Satoshi's red kiwi as the Zespri RubyRed variety. Specialty Produce's page on the RubyRed kiwi provides the history of the fruit: Between 2005 […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/learning-about-zespri-rubyred-kiwi-04-13-26/

Asian Carp and Gefilte Fish

I have read about the invasive Asian carp problem in U.S. waterways. But I learned something new from Dan Lewis' aptly named "Now I Know" blog: Asian carp is commonly used in gefilte fish. I must confess that I have never tasted gefilte fish. The jars of it at the grocery store do not make it look appetizing. Does learning that Asian carp is often used in the making of gefilte fish change my view? Not at all. Asian carp do not look tasty to me. But with that being said, I would certainly take […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/asian-carp-and-gefilte-fish-04-13-26/

Asian Carp and Gefilte Fish

I have read about the invasive Asian carp problem in U.S. waterways. But I learned something new from Dan Lewis' aptly named "Now I Know" blog: Asian carp is commonly used in gefilte fish. I must confess that I have never tasted gefilte fish. The jars of it at the grocery store do not make it look appetizing. Does learning that Asian carp is often used in the making of gefilte fish change my view? Not at all. Asian carp do not look tasty to me. But with that being said, I would certainly take […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/asian-carp-and-gefilte-fish-04-13-26/

Asian Carp and Gefilte Fish

I have read about the invasive Asian carp problem in U.S. waterways. But I learned something new from Dan Lewis' aptly named "Now I Know" blog: Asian carp is commonly used in gefilte fish. I must confess that I have never tasted gefilte fish. The jars of it at the grocery store do not make it look appetizing. Does learning that Asian carp is often used in the making of gefilte fish change my view? Not at all. Asian carp do not look tasty to me. But with that being said, I would certainly take […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/asian-carp-and-gefilte-fish-04-13-26/

Asian Carp and Gefilte Fish

I have read about the invasive Asian carp problem in U.S. waterways. But I learned something new from Dan Lewis' aptly named "Now I Know" blog: Asian carp is commonly used in gefilte fish. I must confess that I have never tasted gefilte fish. The jars of it at the grocery store do not make it look appetizing. Does learning that Asian carp is often used in the making of gefilte fish change my view? Not at all. Asian carp do not look tasty to me. But with that being said, I would certainly take […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/asian-carp-and-gefilte-fish-04-13-26/

Asian Carp and Gefilte Fish

I have read about the invasive Asian carp problem in U.S. waterways. But I learned something new from Dan Lewis' aptly named "Now I Know" blog: Asian carp is commonly used in gefilte fish. I must confess that I have never tasted gefilte fish. The jars of it at the grocery store do not make it look appetizing. Does learning that Asian carp is often used in the making of gefilte fish change my view? Not at all. Asian carp do not look tasty to me. But with that being said, I would certainly take […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/asian-carp-and-gefilte-fish-04-13-26/

The Former Bronx Zoo Platypuses

I am a fan of the platypus. But I have never seen a platypus in person, for I live in New York City and not Australia. But thanks to a 2023 article in Mental Floss, I now know that New York City's Bronx Zoo welcomed three platypuses in 1947 and three more in 1958 after the last of the three 1947 platypuses passed away (it previously had a platypus in 1922). All three of the 1958 platypuses died within a year of arriving in the Bronx Zoo, which seems to have caused the Bronx Zoo to give up on […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/the-former-bronx-zoo-platypuses-04-04-26/

U.S. States With Alienation of Affection Laws

According to WRAL News on November 11, 2025, six U.S. states still still have alienation of affection laws: Hawaii, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah. I knew about North Carolina and Mississippi, but I do not think I knew the other four. North Carolina's alienation of affection law is in the news with former U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona) facing a lawsuit.

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/us-states-with-alienation-of-affection-laws-03-17-26/

Things I Learned: Berlin’s Road Salt Ban

I am used to seeing road salt in New York City before and after it snows. A couple of years ago (definitely during the Eric Adams administration), I recall having noted remarkable amounts of road salt in the street near Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. We are in the midst of what I would describe as a subpar snow clean-up, and perhaps coincidentally, I have observed less salt than in other recent snows. But while I have come to expect road salt, I learned from Brussels Signal that my […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/berlin-road-salt-ban-02-11-26/

Things I Learned: Official Languages in Russia

From a January 12, 2026 Jamestown Foundation report by Vadim Shtepa: The Karelian language has no official status in Russia because it is written in the Latin alphabet, as only those written in Cyrillic can be official languages of Russian republics. Thus, I learned that only languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet can be granted "official status" in Russia. This reminded me of something I learned which inspired me to write Similarities between Moldovan and Romanian on The New Leaf […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/official-languages-in-russia-01-16-26/