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In 1826, a 16-year-old kid working in a neighborhood shop in the sleepy town of Bethel,

Connecticut got an idea. The shops proprietors had been away and had left the young man in charge

of the store. Being the ambitious type, the young man took this opportunity to make a deal

with another local merchant. The shop had a bunch of old merchant dice that had been

crowding the shelves and was clearly not going to sell. The ambitious teenager was able to trade

these worthless odds and ends for a collection of empty green glass bottles.

When the shop's owners returned, it first seemed like they had a bit of a jack in the beanstock

situation on their hands. Has this kid just traded the store's merchandise for the equivalent of

magic beans? Honestly, how are they ever going to sell enough of these green bottles to make this

deal profitable? Apparently, the old shop owner exclaimed, quote, you've made a fool of yourself.

You have enough bottles to supply the town for 20 years. But their young employee assured them

that he had a plan and solemnly promised that he would sell every last bottle within three months.

Within a few days, a brightly colored sign appeared in front of the shop that read,

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