http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=106382

XML uses Unicode in UTF-8 format to define all of its character data.

-- "Data Munging with Perl" by Dave Cross

<joke flavor=sarcastic type=ribbing>I bet you didn't know that. I bet +you are a happier, wiser person now that you do. </joke>

It would be nice if I could post small things that I didn't know before that will probably help others too.

I dont think this is quite a meditation but it is certainly useful.