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Re:Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous... by slowmovintarget on Friday May 20, 2022 @01:05PM (#31450106)
I would have said Ghandi... though polling suggests it's actually Queen Elizabeth II.
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Re:Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous... by potta_coffee on Friday May 20, 2022 @01:52PM (#31450566)
That's interesting. Her face is on a lot of paper currency, I'm sure that contributes to her recognition.
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Re:Who owns Einstein? The battle for the world’s most famous... by daniel-cussen on Friday May 20, 2022 @06:32PM (#31453343)
That was originally the way money equalled fame. Also time in many monarchies was tied to the biography of the monarch. In Japan it was so, the Meiji period. In Matthew Mark Luke and John, KJV.
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