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People used to say "If you believe that, I have some swampland in Florida to sell you," but they really should have said, "I have some lovely acres in the Republic of Poyais you can buy, but you have to act now!"\xa0Presenting one of my favorite con artists ever, the man who declared himself prince of a South American country that didn't exist, Gregor MacGregor (yes, that's really his name).\nLinks to all the research resources are on the\xa0website.\nHang out\xa0with your fellow Brainiacs.\xa0\nReach out and touch Moxie on\xa0Facebook,\xa0Twitter,\xa0or\xa0Instagram.\xa0\nBecome a patron of the podcast arts!\xa0Patreon\xa0or\xa0Ko-Fi.\xa0Or\xa0buy the book\xa0and\xa0a shirt.\nMusic: Kevin MacLeod,\xa0\nWant to start a podcast or need a better podcast host?\xa0Get up to TWO months hosting for free from\xa0Libsyn\xa0with coupon code "moxie."\n\xa0\nRemember back in episode 155, Hate to Burst your Bubble, we talked about, among other things, the Florida real estate boom and bust of the 1920s?\xa0It\u2019s where we get the phrase, \u201cif you believe that, I have some real estate in Florida to sell you.\u201d\xa0100 years before that, we could have been saying, \u201cI have some acreage in Poyais to sell you.\u201d\xa0Never been to Poyais?\xa0Trust me, it\u2019s amazing.\xa0The weather is always perfect, sunny and warm.\xa0Located along the eastern coast of present-day Nicaragua and Honduras, the soil of Poyais is so fertile, you can get three harvests of corn a year.\xa0The trees are heavy with fruit and the forests teem with entrees in the form of game animals.\xa0If you look into the rivers, you\u2019ll not only see water cleaner and more pure than you\u2019ve ever seen in your life and more fish than you could hope to catch, but in the river bed, the sparkle of gold fills your eyes, not from flecks and dust, but nuggets as big as walnuts, just laying there, waiting for you to scoop them up.\xa0The only thing missing is settlers to develop and leverage its resources to the fullest.\xa0Wanna get your share?\xa0Better hurry; hundreds of people are investing all their savings in a piece of the perfect Poyais.\xa0All you have to do is [] to the Cazique or prince.\xa0Who is the prince of this equatorial new world paradise?\xa0A Scotsman named Gregor MacGregor.\xa0\xa0\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices