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Monday, 6 June 2016

Mango Fever

1960s China:

"The workers had chartered a plane to fly a single mango to a factory in Shanghai."
"One dentist in a small village, who dared to compare a touring mango to a sweet potato was put on trial for malicious slander and executed."

(Hat tip to Scott Alexander.)
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