Feel free to add anything that you learned.
1. Why the man waits for the woman to offer her hand... Because it could be a hug instead.
2. Offer $1000 payoff. . . They accept $150.
shareThat's actually from the source material "Pygmalion". Eliza Doolittle's father argues that to be given a large sum of money would move him into a status most unbecoming. He'd rather have a smaller sum to have a good time, without responsibility.
share3. US Congressional seat for Boston area voted by less than 50,000 voters.
(Average population per U.S. Representative is over 600,000.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_population_per_representative.jpg
It was a special election. I think those tend to have lower turnout.
The real surprise was that they were updating vote counts while the polls were still open. Though a one point they called them "exit polls", I've never seen an exit poll estimate an exact vote count.
4. It's surprisingly easy to find a place to park right in front of your home in downtown Boston.
"Let's not ask for the moon, we have the stars".