myownskyfullofstars:

todaysbird:

todays bird is: these black swans!

Fun history bit: in economics, and before anyone even knew black swans existed, an event would be said to be a “black swan” when it was deemed impossible to happen. However, ever since black swans were discovered, a “black swan” is now an event thought impossible to happen, but that happens anyway.

The best example for this is a country defaulting payment for its sovereign debt.