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How seashells shaped the world — and predict our future
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Shell Oil - The History of the Company Shell Oil
In the 18 thirties, a jewish curio shop owner in London was importing tropical sea shells. He sold them for what was called ladies work to women who had been somewhat idled by the industrial revolution. And they eventually became the currency for every transaction in parts of west africa - and that's when there was sort of this devastating collapse of the economy in West Africa.
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