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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.
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Have you ever met someone for the first time and immediately formed an opinion about that person that turned out to be completely wrong?
That happened to me back in the day and it was a very humbling experience.
It’s easy to form an opinion about someone’s character, their intelligence, their educational background or most any other personal attribute based upon they way they look or speak, but those “first impressions” are often way off the mark. [Read more…]
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Like their Scandinavian neighbors, the people of Sweden inhabit one of the most beautiful, and most challenging regions on our vast planet.
Short, bright summers and long, dark winters make Swedish life interesting for sure.
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Question from Jane: I recently saw on the news that two navy jets had crashed into each other.
One of the planes managed to land safely but the pilot of the other plane was violently ejected from his plane by the force of the crash.
He fell about 2,000 feet without his parachute ever opening. Sadly, he didn’t survive.
That got my husband to wondering if anyone has ever survived a fall from such great heights without using a parachute, and now I’m wondering the same thing.
Do you know if such a thing has ever happened? [Read more…]
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Our world truly is an amazing place. Natural phenomena that can awe, terrify and inspire occur somewhere on our planet each and every day.
One phenomenon that can trigger all those feelings at once is lightning.
Virtually everyone has experienced the power and frightening beauty of a lightning strike while waiting out a passing thunderstorm, but did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning strikes, even on a clear and sunny day?