I am working on refinishing my basement and am putting up steel studding on the walls. We were trying to screw through a piece of steel and my friend today said something to the effect that you would need a handful diamonds to get through it. That made me think that there are probably some strange facts about diamonds that I never thought of.
- Most of the diamonds in the world are used for industrial purposes and not for getting your girlfriend off of your back.
- Less than 1% of women will ever wear a diamond that is one carat or more, my woman being one of them.
- In ancient times diamonds were seen as signs of strength, courage and invincibility.
- Archduke Maximilian of Austria was the first person to give a diamond engagement ring, to Mary of Burgundy in 1477. Blame him.
- The largest Diamond ever found was the Cullinan at 3,106 carats.
- Diamonds can withstand extremely high temperatures so they used in windows on space ships.
- In India, around one million people are employed because of diamond industry, the rest of them answer the phone when my cable goes out.
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I would hope that spaceship window was synthetic sapphire.
(Transparent aluminum for the Trekkors/Trekkies out there.)
Otherwise Diamonds are fun.
Also point out that we now go up to 12 on the Moh scale; we crafty humans have turned it up two notches.