> The word "dollar" is derived from "thal". 

you are my hero; and this is why i love hn, cause this was something in the back of my mind that i wanted to find out about, and what do you know, a fellow hn'er just wrote it in a random comment. thanks!!

If you have a substack, I would subscribe to it

As they say, history rhymes

Wait till you find out we live in a Von Neumann Universe