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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

no way. i knew it used the long S in the handwritten one, but i never knew there were typed versions. this is a find

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-forgotten-copy-of-the-constitution-discovered-in-a-filing-cabinet-could-sell-for-millions-180985060/

    Indeed it was, fetched a pretty penny via Sotheby's auction.

    Hilariously... was discovered during an estate sale (garage sale for rich people) in North Carolina.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Estate sales aren't garage sales for rich people. They're garage sales for dead people. Hence the word estate. It's the estate of the deceased holding the sale, not the deceased. Legal bullshit mumbo gumbo, but there you have it

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    True, my mistake, I accidentally made a false e-statement.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    how dare you be incorrect on the internet.

    i just thought i'd share a factoid i knew from one of my old professional lives

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    And how dare you sir, not even pretend to acknowledge my terrible pun!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    aw fuck i'm too high for puns

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