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[-] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Fun fact - Ceanothus americanus and Camellia sinensis both produce similar compounds. C. americanus was seen as a way to break the stranglehold that the East India Trading company had over the tea trade and played a role in the continental congress' decision to declare independence from the British.

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