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1 month ago | 
businessinsider.com | Abby Tang |Amelia Kosciulek
Video Still Standing An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link The letter F. An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link The letter F. Description An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Natural indigo dye has been used worldwide for thousands of years, but the invention of synthetic indigo dye in the 1800s caused the industry to crater.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
businessinsider.com | Enxhi Dylgjeri |Amelia Kosciulek
Grand Antique marble, from the Pyrenees Mountains, is renowned for its naturally occurring stark black-and-white contrast. It's been in demand among the elite as early as antiquity. The Romans quarried it for centuries, and it's featured in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, as well as Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte's tomb. But mining this marble ground to a halt nearly 70 years ago — until a quarryman rediscovered it. Now, a square meter of Grand Antique costs nearly $2,000.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Enxhi Dylgjeri |Amelia Kosciulek
Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Facebook Icon The letter F. Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Facebook Icon The letter F. Student-grade colored pencils and professional-grade ones vary drastically not only in their price but how they're made. A set of 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils costs $350, 14 times as much as a similar box of Crayola colored pencils. And some brands price their sets at over $550.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Chris Snyder |Amelia Kosciulek
From American-made Martin acoustic guitars in Pennsylvania to handcrafted ceremonial gongs in Thailand, we traveled the world to uncover the stories behind how different musical instruments are made.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Enxhi Dylgjeri |Amelia Kosciulek
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May 21, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Chris Snyder |Amelia Kosciulek
Video It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. So Expensive Why French oak barrels are so expensive An curved arrow pointing right. A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn A stylized letter F. Flipboard An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link The letter F. An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
businessinsider.com | Nikita Grant |Amelia Kosciulek
Video It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Still Standing How one Maya chef is preserving one of the oldest forms of barbecue An curved arrow pointing right. A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter LinkedIn A stylized letter F. Flipboard An image of a chain link. It symobilizes a website link url. Copy Link The letter F. An envelope.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Amelia Kosciulek |Charlie Milner
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Olivia Nemec |Havovi Cooper |Amelia Kosciulek
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
businessinsider.com | Nikita Grant |Amelia Kosciulek
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