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        "description": "<p>Visit a factory in Yiwu, China, where workers use 500,000 tons of polyethylene plastic to make five million Lucy dolls each year.</p>", 
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        "title": "I Didn't Know That: Doll Factory", 
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        "transcript": "<p>JONNY PHILLIPS: I can't believe it, Richard and I have managed to score a date with two of the 20th Century's hottest fashion icons.</p><p>RICHARD AMBROSE: I know they don't do much, and they don't say a lot.\u00a0 But they look great.</p><p>NARRATOR: Though the boy's fantasy dates look kind of Swedish, they actually come from.....China.</p><p>Population: 1.3 billion.</p><p>Here in Yiwu, the last 30 years have seen a huge increase in the economy with production of one of their biggest exports: toys.</p><p>This factory in Yiwu makes Lucy Dolls.</p><p>They're made out of a polyethylene plastic - similar to the material that's used to make plastic carrier bags.</p><p>This type of plastic is cheap, flexible and fire retardant, and they use 500,000 tons of it to make 5 million dolls a year.</p><p>The plastic is melted down into a liquid form at 150 degrees Celsius.\u00a0 Then it flows into these doll moulds.</p><p>One side of the machine is the head, torso and arms, the other, the backside and legs.</p><p>All of the doll pieces get joined by hand.\u00a0 This chap is the Lucy Doll champion putting together a staggering 10,000 dolls every day.</p><p>The faces are painted using a lead-free oil based paint.\u00a0 Each stage of Lucy's make-up is done separately.</p><p>The heads are then stored in a bucket where a light bulb keeps them warm and softens the plastic, making it easier to sew the hair on.</p><p>The hair is made from polymer nylon and a team of hairdressers makes sure Lucy looks her best, by giving her a full-on hair cut and style.</p><p>The dolls dresses are made out of a variety of different materials, and the patterns are pressed out in bulk.</p><p>The complex designs are sewn together by a team of expert seamstresses.</p><p>After being dressed, Lucy goes through Quality Control and then she's ready for her big date with Richard .... Ding Dong!</p>", 
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