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For Tea and Rabies: A Timeline

Coffee Rust strikes Brazil
4 January 1868
Coffee yields have plummeted as the Coffee Rust strikes Carribean and Brazilian coffee plantations. In 1861, the Rust was spotted in Ethiopia. It arrived in Ceylon in 1867, and ravaged Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and then it crossed the Pond to Brazil. Economists fear a depression, and many wonder where our morning cup of joe will come from.
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Just a tiny snippet, for a timeline involving three organisms who secretly changed our world. It's not much, but for now, that is the best I can think of as of now without being a party-pooper.
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