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• tbill yield methodology

• A milliliter is about 20 drops from an eyedropper.
• A pail holds about 8 liters.
• A sandgrouse can soak up enough water in its fluffy feathers to fill a small perfume bottle (~20 mL). It can carry the water a long way to its chicks.
• A liter is slightly larger than a quart.

• “pig in a python”
  • sharp statistical increase represented as a bulge in an otherwise level pattern
  • ex:- “what comes next if this sort of pig in a python continues to work its way down”
    • Ref:- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/12/full-transcript-berkshire-hathaway-chairman-ceo-warren-buffett-speaks-with-cnbcs-becky-quick-on-squawk-box-today-.html

Policy:

• new words go in the end unless you can group them with existing ones

• position papers
  • Ref:- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/12/full-transcript-berkshire-hathaway-chairman-ceo-warren-buffett-speaks-with-cnbcs-becky-quick-on-squawk-box-today-.html
• poult
  • a young chicken, turkey, or other bird that is kept for food
  • Ref:- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/poult
• cornea
• spironolactone
  • A medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.
  • Ref:- https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6288/spironolactone-oral/details
• blue jay
  • The blue jay is a bird native to North America. It is adaptable, aggressive and omnivorous.
  • Ref:- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay
• Demodex
  • Demodex mites are tiny eight-legged parasites that mostly live in hair follicles and oil glands on your face, neck, or chest.
  • Two types of Demodex mites live on humans: Demodex folliculorum (D. folliculorum) and Demodex brevis (D. brevis).
  • D. folliculorum mites are around 0.3-0.4 millimeters long, while D. brevis mites are slightly smaller at 0.15-0.2 mm.
  • More details:- https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/what-are-demodex-mites - well written; lot of information; high information density; has a picture of Demodex; worth reading end to end.
• National master in chess
• political gadfly
• bytearray in python
• Intestinal Adenoma (IA)
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-023-03110-2 - Garlic consumption in relation to colorectal cancer risk and to alterations of blood bacterial DNA

Policy:

• new items go in the end unless you can group them with existing ones

• hold court
  • to receive a lot of attention from other people who stand or sit around you to listen, especially on a social occasion.
  • ex:- Patrick is holding court at the end table.
  • Ref:- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hold-court
  • ex:- “Charlie Munger held court from his wheelchair” in https://www.ft.com/content/da9f8230-2eb1-49c5-b63a-f1507936d01b

A ragbag is a miscellaneous collection

Ref:- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ragbag

Similar words: job lot, olio, stuff

Ref:- https://crossword-solver.io/clue/any-collection-of-miscellaneous-things/

Similar words:

• ragbag = a confused mixture of different types of things
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ragbag
• kludge - something, especially computer hardware or software, that has been put together from whatever is available, especially when it does not work very well
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kludge
• panoply - a wide range or collection of different things
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/panoply
• this and that - various things
• hotchpotch - a confused mixture of different things
• jumble - a messy and confused mixture of things, feelings, or ideas

See also:- https://www.freethesaurus.com/ragbag

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