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The secret history of shipping pallets
Tom Vanderbilt's "The Single Most Important Object in the Global Economy," in Slate is an absolutely fascinating look at the role that pallets play in the modern world, starting with their origin in the long US supply lines for the Pacific theater in WWII (and the "four way pallet" innovation by Norman Cahners of the [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kYtGbr3IZuQ/the-secret-history-of-shipping.html
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