Today I Learned (TIL)
You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?
TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for days afterward. The researchers never again did such a thing.
TIL in 1921, “Black Wall Street” was the wealthiest Black community in America before being attacked by an angry mob which killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed 35 city blocks.
TIL of Regulatory Capture, when a governmental regulatory agency ceases to promote the interest of the public, but instead does the exact opposite by advancing the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.
The President gets reminded to be patriotic
Dutch_Tuna: When he’s just standing he looks like a bag of potatoes. And like he hasn’t have a care in the world. Unbelievable. Very in touch with his ‘nothing box’.More
