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Netflix Bites MGM Grand Las Vegas
Pop Ups and Vendor Markets | Feb 11, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

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Enter the My Nintendo Universal Epic Universe Super Nintendo World Sweepstakes
Gaming Contests | Mar 4 - Jun 30, 2025
United States > Florida > Orlando > > 32819

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Presents Director's Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho Exhibition
Memorabilia Exhibition | Mar 23, 2025 - Jan 10, 2027
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90036
Comic-Con Museum Presents Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction
Memorabilia Exhibition | Mar 15, 2025 - Mar 14, 2026
United States > California > San Diego > > 92101

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Season 2 of Andor Premieres on Disney+
Season 2 TV/Streaming Premiere | Apr 22, 2025

April 22nd In History

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Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention
Comic Cons | Apr 21 - Apr 23, 2023
United States > Illinois > Lombard > > 60148

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NostalgiaCon
Gaming Conventions | Apr 21 - Oct 5, 2024
Canada > Ontario > Toronto > > M6K 3C3

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Earth Day
Inaugurals | Apr 22, 1970

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Leonie Benesch
Birthdays | Apr 22, 1991
Machine Gun Kelly
Birthdays | Apr 22, 1990

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Record Store Day
Experiences | Apr 22, 2023
FreakNik
Concerts | Apr 21 - Apr 23, 1995
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National Name Your Poison Day | Social and Cultural Events | Jun 8

National Name Your Poison Day

Social and Cultural Events | Jun 8

The newspaper Daily National Republican in Washington, D.C. reported in its March 24, 1864 edition, “The latest fashion in Washington of asking a party what they will take to drink is ‘Please nominate your poison, gentlemen.'” The story made its rounds to newspapers across the country and by 1867 writers attributed the term to people in Indiana.

The phrase seems to have been used mostly to describe the action of ordering the drink. Even in 1914 as the mayor of New Bavaria, Ohio proposed a law requiring all drinkers to apply for drinking licenses, the phrase was popular. The phrase comes in many forms – pick, choose, or name – and of course nominate your poison.