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TIL the Federal Bank’s Jackson Hole Economic Symposium was first held in 1981 at Jackson Hole, WY, which is known for outdoor recreation. This area was chosen to convince then-Fed Chair Paul Volcker, an avid fly-fishman, to come speak.

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 12:19 am

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TIL that the colors of the Olympic flag (red, black, blue, green, yellow & white) were chosen as every national flag on Earth contains at least one of these colors.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 2:35 pm

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TIL that Barabbas, the man the Bible claims was chosen to be spared from crucifixion over Jesus, is said in early writings to have also had the first name Jesus, with Barabbas meaning Son of (Bar) the father (Abba).

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 3:21 am

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TIL at the turn of the 20th century, baseball umpires were prominent community members chosen from the crowd. They were given easy chairs in the general vicinity of home plate, a fan for hot days, food, and beer.

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 5:36 am

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TIL that the original Japanese name for the game Resident Evil was called Biohazard. Capcom thought the name Biohazard would be impossible to trademark in North America due to other games with the same name. Capcom held an internal company contest to find a new name, and Resident Evil was chosen.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 1:18 am

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TIL Cyril Radcliffe was given only five weeks to draw the borders between the newly independent India and Pakistan. Additionally the English Radcliffe had never been further east than Paris when he was chosen for the job. 14 million people had to move as a result of Radcliffe’s borders.

by whatilearned July 21, 2022, 11:06 am

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TIL The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. It was apparently chosen because of its connection with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology

by whatilearned July 10, 2022, 10:39 am

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TIL: As far back as 1872, despite practically no women being allowed to vote, Victoria Woodhull of the Equal Rights Party became the first woman nominated for a US Presidential election. Frederick Douglass, a black abolitionist, was even chosen as her running mate

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 12:52 pm

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You live in a Lottocracy where political positions are chosen at absolute random. One day two men in black approach you to let you know you have been chosen to be President of the United States, what do you do?

by QuestionGuy June 25, 2022, 11:36 pm

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TIL that a species of beetle endemic to Slovenia is being poached by Nazi items collectors because of its name: Anophthalmus hitleri. It was chosen in honor of Adolph Hitler, in 1933, by a German collector, Oskar Scheibel.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 7:47 am

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Justin Timberlake is so sad about the war in Ukraine that he has chosen to fight in the

by cringeyjokesman May 28, 2022, 8:12 pm

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Step 1 – fool people into believing you’ve been chosen by God to spread his word

by cringeyjokesman May 16, 2022, 3:44 am

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