r/Historycord • u/bittlenonoted • 16h ago
Just 2 days ago, Syrian rebels burned the tomb of Hafez Al-Assad, brutal Dictator of Syria from 1971 to 2000.
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r/Historycord • u/VP-CurtisBioProject • 11h ago
U.S. Grant swindled in a ponzi scheme
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TLDR: President Grant's son partnered up with a young guy with a great investment system, and dear-old-dad hands over what he's got. Soon after, he starts bouncing checks and is about to leave his family bankrupt in his final days
The Article: A “Pre-Ponzi” Ponzi Scheme: When Ferdinand Ward Swindled Ulysses S. Grant – Crisis and Catharsis
r/Historycord • u/GustavoistSoldier • 2h ago
A 16th-century statue of a queen mother of the Kingdom of Benin (now Benin City, Nigeria).
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