TIL In the 1929 Great Depression, the stocks on the New York stock exchange lost 50% of their value only in ten weeks

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/americans-react-to-great-depression/
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