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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2021 · 19 MIN

A Red to Dye For

from Haunting Historia · host Aidan Mayne

For thousands of years, the Aztecs and other cultures of South America used #Cochineal to color all manner of things a brilliant, perfect red. From clothing to feathers to even their teeth. The Spanish discovered their secret, opening the world to a dye that would change the economy of Europe.

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