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Hello Wanderers!

Are you ready to take a trip to the Amazon?? I hope so, cause that's where we're going!

What happens when a British guy steals a bunch of rubber tree saplings, plants them in Europe, and creates a monopoly on the majority of the planet's rubber supply?

Well, a multi-millionaire from the auto industry decides to create a midwestern city in the middle of Brazil to grow his own rubber trees. That's what happens!

So grab a snack, a supply of Quinine, and join us on another Foolish adventure!

Resources:

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ruins-of-fordlandia/

https://edgeeffects.net/fordlandia/

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/fordlandia/

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/brazilian-rubber-plantations

https://bryandenton.com/new-gallery-1

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fordlandia

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