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It’s widely believed that diamonds are extremely rare, hence the high prices we’re willing to pay for diamond jewelry.
But guess what? Diamonds aren’t really rare at all.
Truth be told, that’s just a carefully-crafted myth designed to keep both the desire to acquire them and the prices we have to pay for them as high as possible.
Chances are you’ve been warned about the danger of using electrical appliances near a bathtub or swimming when a thunderstorm is in the area.
Well, there’s a good reason for that warning…
If an appliance or a lightning bolt were to come into contact with water you could be easily be electrocuted if you happen to be in contact with the water when the electrical current strikes it.
But what if I told you the water involved in such an electrocution isn’t really what facilitated the deadly shock?
I’ve spent my entire life thinking I knew what a berry was, but it turns out I was wrong.
Apparently lots of things that I thought were berries really aren’t, and lots of things that I thought weren’t berries are!
According to the folks at LiveScience and Wikipedia, a fruit must have the following characteristics in order to be classified as a berry: [Read more…]
You probably already know that some trees can live an awful long time, but did you know some species can live for thousands of years?
Well, they can, and the oldest living trees on our planet are located in the U.S. state of California.
Our wonderful Canadian friends up north are blessed to live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
And Canada isn’t just beautiful, it’s also huge. In fact, of all the countries on planet Earth, only Russia is larger.
However, in spite of its massive size and awesome beauty, Canada has a relatively small population compared to many other countries.