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Since only the red pistols of the saffron flower (the stigmata) are harvested, one pound of the spice requires about 75,000 flowers—which bloom a few weeks of the year. Used as everything from perfume to medical potion, saffron was first cultivated in Greece , but now 90% is grown in northeastern Iran, with retail prices reaching a staggering $10,000 per pound. |
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America's all-time most expensive building, the K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee was a four-story mile-long U-shaped structure that was built by the US government in 1944 to develop the atom bomb. Interestingly, like Apple Park, the building housed 12,000 staff. The plant, which cost a staggering $7.1 billion in today's money, was demolished in 2013. |
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