January 09, 2024
In 1970 bankers in Ireland went on strike. As people began to use up all their checks, they had to resort to writing debt notes on whatever was handy: cigarette boxes, toilet paper, even an eggshell. When the six-month strike ended, $7 billion in checks were waiting to be cashed.
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