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    HIDDEN HISTORIES

    Apr 16, 2020 2 minutes
    “Before oil, another resource made and broke fortunes: guano”

    There are a handful of natural resources that have profoundly shaped the world. The 20th century is often thought of as the Petroleum Age. Oil and access to it served as the foundation for whole economies, sparked wars and led to the drawing of political boundaries. Yet around the time that the Petroleum Age was beginning,

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