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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/GDW312 on 2024-03-25 03:04:00.

Original Title: TIL I learned that one of the people who is first credited with the ideas for a home mortgage and home insurance policy, as well as being an early outspoken proponent of paper currency, was named If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned before renaming himself Nicholas Barbon