Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1460
arrow-up1460external-linkTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareTrippyFocus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoI’ve heard this story a few times and supposedly it happened over a weekend but yeah either the guy was a very good card counter and played a ton or recklessly bet it on roulette and got insanely lucky if this is true.
I’ve heard this story a few times and supposedly it happened over a weekend but yeah either the guy was a very good card counter and played a ton or recklessly bet it on roulette and got insanely lucky if this is true.
It said blackjack