The main thing he had to learn about, he said, was the press.
"Dyer was more interested in the gambling, while I wanted to learn about probabilities," said Ms. Chiacco.
"We did everything that we could do to learn about Ronald Reagan," said Eric Hoplin, 25, chairman of the College Republicans National Committee in Washington.
"The president was very shocked to learn about this," said Vuk Jeremic, the senior foreign policy adviser to President Boris Tadic of Serbia.
"[Latinos] want to learn about Islam," said Jalil Navarro, who donned a Mexican luchador mask while distributing Spanish-language Qur'ans in the masjid's parking lot.
"He's got a lot to offer, and I've got a lot to learn about it," said Rauch, whose only experience as a closer came in 2008, when he had 17 saves in half a season with the Washington Nationals.
"We have a lot of people around the country who are just beginning to learn about this," said Dan Mundy, a resident of Broad Channel, Queens, who is a local activist and a retired firefighter.
"New love interest, the story of Peter's life, there's a lot of stuff to learn about Peter Parker," said the 23-year-old Emma Stone.
"I think that they [guests] love chocolate, and they want to learn about it," said Fadoul, a West Virginia native who acted on Broadway before moving to Orlando.
"I am not Muslim but I'm here to learn about Muslims," said his friend Hal Larson, a marketing specialist from Fullerton.
