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Watch How Your T-Shirts Are Made In This Incredible New Video Series From NPR

It's not as simple as you think.

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Ever wonder how T-shirts are made? Think it's easy? Think again.

Planet Money, a blog and podcast on NPR, created a brilliant documentary on the processes of making a great T-shirt. In this five-part video series, discover the origin of the cotton used for most tees, the machines behind their production, the people behind them, and the methods used for delivery. The process is actually quite complex, with multiple companies and numerous individuals involved from seed to sale, all in various countries around the world.

Check out the entire eye-opening video series and learn where your T-shirt started from.

[via NPR: Planet Money]

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