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"It's unfair that "vanilla" has come to mean 'standard or simple'.  It's made from an orchid that only grows in a few very specific tropical paradises.

But one of the most interesting stories about vanilla is their utter dependence on the sex life of the Euglossini orchid bees.
(📷: Raquel Lonas)"

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