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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7486142, member: 115909&quot;]Wanna know what’s even crazier?</p><p><br /></p><p>In Ancient Rome a mere pound of Imperial Purple Silk cost 150,000 denarius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why? Because the Tyrian purple used to make it had to be painstakingly farmed by crushing sea shells of a certain sea snail and it took like 100,000 snails to make a pound of Tyrian purple.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans even had a legend about how it was first discovered when a dog was chewing on a sea snail shell and it turned his tongue purple leading to the discovery of how to make Tyrian purple dye.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same price as a lion. If you happen to be in the market for one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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