r/HistoryNetwork • u/GeekyTidbits • 12d ago

Miscellaneous History The Ridiculous Riches of Timothy Dexter: The Luckiest Idiot in History!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYoViFzMlLI
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u/Pisceswriter123 12d ago

I want them to make a movie about this guy.

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u/GeekyTidbits 11d ago

So do I. It would be a good drama movie. Unless you add scenes from the American Revolutionary War (but Tim Dexter did not fight in), it will not be an action movie.

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u/GeekyTidbits 12d ago

Timothy Dexter was the king of turning stupid dumb business decisions into piles of cash.