Tag: Business Insider

How One Man In Egypt Is Keeping This 200-Year-Old Tile...

Saied Hussain has been hand making tiles out of cement for over 50 years. H...

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How Miners Find, Cut, And Transport The Most Expensive...

Amethyst is one of the most abundant crystals in the world. But the most pr...

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Why Saffron Is The World's Most Expensive Spice

Harvesting saffron requires a lot of physical labor to get the flowers from...

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Why Benitoite Gemstones Are So Expensive

enitoite is a small blue gemstone with unique properties, like sparkling br...

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How People Profit Off Pineapple Scraps

Nearly half of every pineapple you eat ends up in the trash. But now, compa...

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How The Oldest Chocolate House In New York City Survive...

Li-Lac Chocolates is Manhattan’s oldest chocolate shop, having survived dec...

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Why Sea Sponges Are So Expensive

You can pick up a synthetic sponge for just a few dollars. But a natural se...

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Why Tiny Cactus Bugs In Red Food Dye Are A $35 Billion...

Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in th...

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How 6 Million Pounds Of Electronic Waste Gets Recycled...

Only 17% of electronic waste is recycled. That’s because devices aren’t des...

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How 11 Ancient Crafts Survived For Centuries

From mole ground with a traditional tool in Mexico, to metal art forged wit...

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How Army Cooks Are Trained To Feed 800 Soldiers In The...

We got an inside look at how Army Culinary Specialists are trained at the J...

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How India's Perfumers Recreate The Smell Of Rain On Ear...

We visited India’s perfume capital, Kannauj to see how craftsmen make "atta...

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How Mountains Of Worm Cocoons Are Turned Into Expensive...

Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds of years. They make si...

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Why Salt Farmers Risk Their Lives To Harvest Desert Sal...

India is one of the world's top salt producers. Most of the country's salt...

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How One Of The Rarest Salts In The World Goes From Ocea...

Balinese palung salt is made by harvesting seawater from Bali's beaches and...

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