[-] laminam@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

In December 1897, mammalogist C. Hart Merriam named the species after his friend Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the US Navy.[7]: 589  The desire to protect the Roosevelt elk was one of the primary forces behind the establishment of the Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 by President Theodore Roosevelt. Later in 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the region and saw the elk named after his relative.[8] The following year he created Olympic National Park.

TIL

[-] laminam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

John Oliver is that you?

[-] laminam@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We did it ~~reddit~~ lemmy!

[-] laminam@lemmy.world 99 points 1 year ago

Call their bluff and introduce comprehensive anti-nepotism law reforms across the political landscape. So many people in positions of power and influence would have too much to lose if they can no longer hand out favors to their spouses, children, and inlaws.

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