Fast facts about cotton production from @johndeere
The creator stands in a cotton field and presents a series of rapid-fire facts about cotton. He illustrates each fact with visual gags and graphics, explaining that a single bale can make 300,000 hundred-dollar bills, that cotton fiber is called lint, that a bale weighs over 6,000 pounds (mostly waste), and that every part of the plant is used. He concludes by noting cotton's use in electronics and that it's naturally a tall perennial tree.
Creator: @johndeere on TikTok
Transcript
Fast facts about cotton. A single bale of cotton can be processed into the fiber needed to make $300,100 bills, as US currency is made up of 75% cotton. The part that we recognize as cotton is actually referred to as lint, the fibers that are eventually spun into fabric. A single bale of cotton can weigh over 6,000 pounds, but over half of that weight comes from sticks, stems, and seeds that need to be sorted out later. Nothing on a cotton tree goes to waste. The lint is used for fiber, the seed
Topics: Manufacturing, Textiles, History
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