A New Kind Of Grain Export: Saudi Arabia Acquires New Jersey Sand

You had to read the headline twice to be sure you read it correctly.
 
It was about 20 years ago that the Associated Press sent out a brief story declaring that several shiploads of South Jersey sand had been sold to Saudi Arabia.

Everyone knows that sand is one commodity Saudi Arabia has in abundance. In fact, the entire country is nothing but sand.

However, the item explained that Jersey sand is vastly superior to Saudi sand when it comes to water filtration.