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How Timothy Dexter Turned Ridiculous Ventures Into Riches

Investing one’s lifesavings in a venture to export bed warming pans to the Tropics should result in bankruptcy. Somehow, American businessman made a killing off of that. Just as he made a…

By Khalid Elhassan · 13 min

American History

The Dumbest Get-Rich-Quick Schemes in History

Dumb luck is sometimes better than skill and talent. As in way, way, better. Take Timothy Dexter, an eccentric eighteenth…

Khalid Elhassan · 33 min