Holes in my knowledge

I hate having holes in my knowledge.  I read three weeks ago that it was the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War. While I have distant memories of Reagan and Thatcher and missiles and boats, I knew nothing about the conflict.  Who started it and why?  At what cost did Britain maintain control?  So I just looked on Wikipedia.  I know now that Operation Corporate was the British defense of the islands after the Argentine military junta, failing in its power, tried to reignite a wave of nationalism through restoration of long-contested lands.  The Royal Navy lost at least one capital warship to Argentine fire, and Argentina lost many fighter aircraft.

Some of the air bridge techniques to support the defense were of the quality inspired only by desperate need - real Berlin Airlift style innovation free of stifling bureaucracy.  As an airlifter by vocation, I appreciate what some of those guys did, like the world record setting Hercules aircrew who flew for 27 hours straight.

Anyway, dear me, I want to know things that I do not know.  Wikipedia is great and when I run out of things that I don't know I don't know, I just look at a map.  For instance, why is the Sultan of Brunei so rich, and does he live in mainland Asia or on an island?  And where is Bhutan and is their Sultan equally rich?  Do they have a sultan?  I know these things now because I was looking at a map and realized that I didn't know.  Sparing the finer points of string theory and brain chemistry, I am now a few bits of information closer to the edge of human knowledge.  I need to get the slam-dunks down before I get to the real good stuff.

Maybe I will write some talks in order to cement this knowledge in my head.