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Trevor Collins

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
12285 total appearances

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

That's what is then kind of taken to steel mills in order to make steel.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

And then obviously the infrastructure of the country.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

Brussels sprouts are excellent.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

Now there's got to be a business insider on this.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

And I feel like this information is coming to my brain from somewhere.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

I want to say it was late 80s, maybe the 90s, where, you know, Brussels sprouts used to be extremely bitter.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

And so they were bred to completely change their flavor profile.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

And so now in a more modern time, they are actually palatable and they are cooked in oils, which soak up a lot of flavor, a lot of fats.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

And so with proper seasoning, they can taste incredible.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

But just a few decades ago, this was not something mom grew up eating.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

You know what I mean?

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

No, not at all.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

But yeah, I mean, taconite isn't too dissimilar in the sense that in the early days, they're like, what is this wasteful rock?

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

Not enough iron.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

But then as time goes on, they figure out, oh, we've burned out all of the good mines.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

I guess we've got to figure out how to use this.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

So when the ship made its debut, it was the largest ship to set sail on the Great Lakes.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

An estimated 15,000 people came just to see this ship break water and sail for the first time.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

So it's a pretty big deal.

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald | What Caused This Tragic Sinking in the Great Lakes?

People like them ships.