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What do you think is a Black Swan ?

Black Swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions, to events in our own personal lives.
A Black Swan is a highly improbable event with three principle characteristics: its unpredictability; its massive impact; and, after it has happened, our desire to make it appear less random and more predictable than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11.
( Nassim Nicholas Taleb )


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: An actual black swan (the bird) is not improbable. They live in Australia and Tasmania. They are beautiful birds.
I wonder how Black Swan came to mean an improbable event.