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Battle Passes
But in history it took forever for people in Holland to realize that Tulips are not worth entire plots of land
Battle Passes
Like Thermopylae?
Exactly like Thermopylae.
I wish I was as funny as I think I am
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/
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