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Tulips

Secretly Incredibly Fascinating

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The Semper Augustus Bulb

The dutch wanted tulip bulbs that would have like a multi colored striped pattern on the petals, which comes from a specific virus. There were records of one of these semper augustus bulbs selling for 13 thousand dutch florins - enough money to buy a nice house in amsterdam. And then there is also a leg, just like this, same, just like anything, the depositive feedback loops that begin with human leg. They found there they're an one thing, yet their real value, they had a correction. The market had a correction and Tulip bulbs are no longer worth all this. But instead, now the dutch economy makes a lot of money

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