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Episode 201: One Fruit

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How Much Did It Cost to Grow a Pineapple?

The Dutch royal family built the first modern greenhouse, and then the British King's gardeners were planning them for real. The French installed a heated, indoor pineapple grow operation in Versailles. It is estimated that by the time a pineapple got to the table of some fancy pants mucky to muck, it spent the equivalent of nearly $9,000 to get it there.

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