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edmond Albius discovers how to pollinate the vanilla plant by hand.
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Thomas Jefferson tasted vanilla while he was in France, he loved it, and in fact he loved it so much, that he brought some of it back to the United States.
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Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico and he tasted vanilla and he loved it, when he came back to Spain, he brought back some vanilla beans.
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The Aztecs used vanilla as medicine and to flavor their drinks.
