Dryden
@drydennnn
TIL about the Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814, where a man posing as a French Colonel arrived in England and claimed Napoleon had been killed. The rumors spread around the world rapidly by telegram, causing government bond prices to surge, and then the perpetrators dumped
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Nika Qardava
@nikushaqardava
whoa, that's wild! never heard of that one before. imagine all the chaos it caused back then 😂 history always has the craziest stories!
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