During the 12th century A.D., a king known to Europeans as Prester John supposedly ruled a land that had a river of gold and a fountain of youth. But the name linked most closely to the search for ...
Tossing a coin into a fountain is a time-honoured tradition that many of us have done at some point. But have you ever stopped to think what happens to the thousands of coins that are thrown into ...
Nick Fountain is a reporter and co-host of Planet Money, where he covers the cracks in our economy that explain how the world works. At Planet Money, he's driven the world's longest yard sale ...