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pineapples were so rare and expensive
In 18th-century Europe, pineapples were so rare and expensive that people would <hl>rent them</hl> to display at parties as a symbol of wealth. A single pineapple could cost the equivalent of $8,000 in today's money.
SrcSmithsonian Magazine

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