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by kirubakaran 59 days ago
Even the original gold rush pickaxe guy Sam Brannan went broke, and he practically had a monopoly on pickaxes by buying up the entire supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan
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khuey 59 days ago
TIL who Brannan Street in SF is named after.
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nadermx 59 days ago
Went broke "Following the divorce, he became a brewer and developed a problem with alcohol."
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kirubakaran 59 days ago
Well, if a divorce and drinking could make him go broke, he wasn't that wealthy, was he?
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