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Trending today: Victor takes a deep dive into vanilla facts. Over 99 percent of the world’s vanilla is synthetic, in part because the world’s leading natural vanilla producer – Madagascar – just got hit with a cyclone that’s impacting the crop and driving up the already-high price. (Also, Victor insists that he can tell the difference between Mexican Coke and American Coke, but Aaron is skeptical.)

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