chosen Archives - reddit

Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time.

Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.

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

6 Points
Upvote Downvote
20 Comments

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

6 Points
Upvote Downvote
5 Comments

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

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
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

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
2 Comments

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

by cringeyjokesman May 16, 2022, 3:44 am

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
A Priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the church was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little talk at the dinner. However, he was delayed, so the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited

by cringeyjokesman May 1, 2022, 10:48 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
17 Comments

When you’re lying in bed at night, do you ever randomly remember some relatively minor social missteps or poorly chosen words you did/said years earlier? And then beat yourself up over it even though it really wasn’t a big deal? If so, what happened?

by QuestionGuy April 24, 2022, 12:40 am

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
1 Comment

TIL that Ted Fujita of tornado scale fame lived in a city slated to be atomic bombed. Nagasaki was chosen instead, and Fujita’s research on the effects of the bombs helped him to understand downbursts and microbursts.

by whatilearned April 17, 2022, 6:35 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
3 Comments

TIL that two of the “big four” Cymbal companies in the world (Sabian and Zildjian) were founded by members of the Zildjian family. Sabian symbols being founded in 1981, by Robert Zildjian, when he had a conflict with his brother Armand after he was not chosen to be the main CEO.

by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 4:26 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
2 Comments

TIL that in October 1582, because of the transition from Julian Calendar to Gregorian Calendar, 10 days were skipped to bring the vernal equinox from March 11 back to March 21. October was chosen to avoid skipping any major Christian festivals. That year, October 4th was followed by October 15th.

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 5:16 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
3 Comments

TIL: April 8 was chosen for Rex Manning day in Empire Records, because that is the day Kurt Cobain was found dead, and the writers felt that the ’90s had ‘lost its mascot.’

by whatilearned March 5, 2022, 10:06 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
18 Comments

If we were to make contact with aliens, and (assuming we could understand each other), you were chosen to be the first to talk with them, what would you say?

by QuestionGuy February 18, 2022, 2:09 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote

Congratulations. You've reached the end of the internet.