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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ocs_sco on 2025-08-04 23:59:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Brazil in the 30s burned the equivalent of 3 times the annual worldwide consumption of coffee. They chose to burn it instead of selling it cheaply, and managed to cause the price of coffee to rise after the Great Depression. It remains one of the largest supply destructions in history.