On this date in 614 BC, Chaldean king Nebuchadnezzar II reluctantly
took his house off the market after failing to attract any buyers. This
despite investing a good portion of his fortune into increasing the palace's curb appeal.
Nebuchadnezzar's disappointment was all the more soul-crushing because
his realtor had convinced him that the landscaping project, which she
called "the Hanging Gardens of Babylon" on the palace's MLS listing,
would work like a charm.
Though a subsequent open house was well attended, Nebuchadnezzar
received no bids and was forced to continue paying two mortgages -- one
for the palace he was trying to sell, and another for the new McMansion he was building on the Gulf of Persia.
After beheading the realtor, Nebuchadnezzar was finally able to unload the house himself at a substantially lower asking price.
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