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Fun fact: In November 1979 Iranian students overran the US Embassy in Tehran took 66 Americans hostage, 52 of them were held for over a year. At that time, Iran was the largest producer (and exporter) of pistachios in the world. (Some might be old enough to remember the red ones that got dye all over your fingers.) The US responded with a complete embargo on trade with Iran

thus shutting off access to their largest market. Growers in California respond by planting thousands of pistachio trees. Pistachio trees take over 25 years to mature and bear fruit. California is now the largest producer in the world and "pistachios are everywhere",

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Meet The Probe Europa Clipper features 9 scientific instruments each one was crafted to provide data under the frozen SHELL of EUROPA suspected of having Walter hence one of the main ingredients for our species need. @Dr. Zachary Rubin www.new scientist.com @EliLake No 3505 Abigail Beal is an EDITOR at New Scientist much to the chagrin of pompous males stuck in the 70s 80s thankfully not all are stuck tmmuddling with vitriol @Jake Wallis Simons @Tim Miller

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