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It's the earliest recorded case of insurance fraud.
by almostnormal 3y ago
It's the earliest recorded case of insurance fraud.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoPlease don’t do this here. Not only are jokes low-value comments on HN, but I imagine a number of readers are already aware that the earliest recorded insurance fraud was connected with bottomry in the ancient Mediterranean.
- irrational 3y agoWait, was that last part a joke? Is this like a meta joke? You chastise someone else for making a joke and then make one yourself?
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- Xymist 3y agoNope, not a joke. Some twit in ancient Greece insured a ship, claimed it sank, claimed on the insurance, and went to keep/sell the cargo.
- distortionfield 3y agoThis was a great TIL https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottomry https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottomry