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What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long? (lemmy.ml)
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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Battle Passes

But in history it took forever for people in Holland to realize that Tulips are not worth entire plots of land

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Battle Passes

Like Thermopylae?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly like Thermopylae.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wish I was as funny as I think I am

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In fact, “There weren’t that many people involved and the economic repercussions were pretty minor,” Goldgar says. “I couldn’t find anybody that went bankrupt. If there had been really a wholesale destruction of the economy as the myth suggests, that would’ve been a much harder thing to face.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/there-never-was-real-tulip-fever-180964915/

this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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