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Re:Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet by saganus on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:31PM (#20945527)
From [0] we can see that there are 10 banks founded before 1700 and 24 from 1700 to 1800.

So it might not be that far fetched, assuming that the banks keep your accounts open after more than 100 years without use.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_banks_in_contin...

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Re:Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet by perl4ever on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:27PM (#20975390)
10 banks out of how many founded in 300 years?
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Re:Water found on a potentially life-friendly alien planet by saganus on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:37AM (#20977380)
I don't argue that it's probably a tiny fraction.

I was just pointing out that it might be somewhat possible for banks to exist for a span of time big enough for this.

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