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the spice so precious it once paid rent, ransomed cities, and crowned kings.
old moneyRoman elites stockpiled it like gold bullion
city ransomGoths demanded 3,000 pounds to spare Rome
the heatpiperine, not capsaicin, makes you sneeze
trade empirelaunched the entire Age of Exploration
berry truthit's a dried fruit, technically a drupe