On this episode:

Over the last 20 years, you’ve probably owned a computer with the Windows XP operating system. Remember the legendary default wallpaper photo of the green rolling hill? Yea, that’s a real place.

Can you buy an unused superhero from Marvel Comics and make it your own? Ya know, one of the weird ones that no one has heard of? The team at NPR’s Planet Money decided to try.  Free The Doorman!

At some point in the past, your parents thought they’d get rich off that Beanie Baby collection. The rise and fall of one of the strangest investment strategies ever.

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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Windows-XP-Bliss-Hill-Sonoma-Charles-O-Rear-15976588.php
https://www.npr.org/series/967404527/planet-money-buys-a-superhero
https://thehustle.co/the-great-beanie-baby-bubble-of-99/

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