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What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bady@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Battle Passes

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

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Battle Passes

Like Thermopylae?

[–] afox@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly like Thermopylae.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I wish I was as funny as I think I am

[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 3 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/