The origins of modern insurance in the 1700s were not so dissimilar to wagers you could imagine making on Kalshi/Polymarket… but the bets on murder and death started endangering people’s lives and led to Lloyd’s regulation
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Andrew Garfield discovered Catholicism (specifically Jesuit mysticism and spirituality) after a new role he played for The Uprising as the leader of a peasant rebellion in the 14th century.
Enjoyed listening to this podcast on his faith journey open.spotify.com/episode/7oqNtX…
Enjoyed listening to this podcast on his faith journey open.spotify.com/episode/7oqNtX…
TIL that when the Soviet Union collapsed and western countries/ companies began to trade with Russia in 1987, Pepsi briefly became one of the world’s largest naval powers
You know those immigrant stories where someone from India says they came to the US with $8 in their pocket? It’s actually true.
Not for the reason you think: in the 70s, India had extreme foreign exchange controls. Indians were capped in how much of their own money/rupees they could convert into foreign currency/USD. $8 was the rough amount of convertible currency.
Not for the reason you think: in the 70s, India had extreme foreign exchange controls. Indians were capped in how much of their own money/rupees they could convert into foreign currency/USD. $8 was the rough amount of convertible currency.