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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Festina_lente123 on 2025-01-14 22:53:27+00:00.
Original Title: TIL the reason that purple has traditionally been associated with royalty was because, in Ancient Rome, the only source of purple was milking and fermenting the liquid from a snail. It took 12,000 snails to produce 1 gram of dye! This made the Caesars declare it their exclusive color.