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a fluffy seed bodyguard that quietly clothes half the planet and started wars
actually fruitThe fluff protects seeds, making cotton a botanical dispersal trick
thirsty cropOne t-shirt costs roughly 2,700 liters of water
war fuelSlavery and the cotton gin reshaped American history together
money paperUS dollars are mostly cotton, not wood pulp
ancient threadsCotton fabric dates back over 7,000 years