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Furbies once helped drive up silver demand

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In the late 1990s, the demand for physical silver spiked dramatically because millions of Furby toys required internal conductive components. Your desperate need to own a terrifying, babbling robotic owl actively influenced precious metal commodities.

Furbies once helped drive up silver demand
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