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Writing about epic journeys is a lot easier when you refuse to actually go on them. He used his massive book royalties to buy three successive luxury yachts,…
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Forget designer bags; real prestige was a crunchy green stalk. Wealthy elites loved celery so much they bought dedicated crystal vases just to display it…
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Spice was the original designer label. Carrying around a single nutmeg in a tiny, custom-made silver grater was the ultimate social flex, allowing wealthy…
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Painting the sky was a massive financial burden. Authentic ultramarine blue was crafted by heavily grinding up lapis lazuli stones imported from afar, making…
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What surprisingly mundane fruit was so insanely expensive in the 1700s that people rented it?
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When extreme wealth meets extreme boredom. The French aristocrat decided his pet turtle's shell was too basic, so he had it violently crusted in gold and…
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