A History of Cottonseed Oil [A short must-read]

The invention of the cotton-gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 led to a staggering increase in the production of cotton:

1784: 600 pounds
1790: 200k pounds
1793: 40 million pounds

Within less than 10 years, the U.S. cotton production had increased by 66,000,000%. (66 million percent) pic.twitter.com/DuY1X2GRCz

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