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TIL: The Jacob Diamond, estimated to be worth £100 million (2008), was used as a paperweight for a long time until the diamond’s true value was realized

by whatilearned July 12, 2022, 7:26 pm

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TIL about the Diamond-Water Paradox in economics. Even though life cannot exist without water but can easily exist without diamonds, diamonds are, pound for pound, vastly more valuable than water

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 3:42 pm

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TIL the Kimberly Process, by which diamonds are certified as “conflict-free”, has been largely abandoned as ineffective. Due to corruption and smuggling it is essentially impossible to tell if a gem is a blood diamond or not.

by whatilearned March 5, 2022, 10:29 pm

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TIL that coal and diamonds formed because 300 million years ago there were no microbes or fungi to break wood down, providing the carbon material the coal and diamonds were formed from

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 1:59 pm

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TIL: China creates so much synthetic diamonds that are identical to real diamonds that prices of diamonds are being driven down and De Beers has created a university to study how to identify “natural” and “man made” diamonds because no experts can tell the difference.

by whatilearned December 7, 2021, 5:47 pm

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TIL: Its Raining Diamonds In Uranus

by whatilearned December 3, 2021, 4:19 am

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TIL an elderly man gained the trust of a Belgian bank by bringing the workers chocolates. He was eventually given VIP access to the bank vault. In 2007, he stole $28 million worth of diamonds and vanished.

by whatilearned December 2, 2021, 7:43 pm

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TIL about Crater of Diamond State Park in Pike County, Arkansas. The park has a 37.5-acre plowed field, the world’s only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public. Diamonds have continuously been discovered in the field since 1906, including one of the world’s only colorless, flawless diamonds.

by whatilearned November 18, 2021, 1:31 pm

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TIL when the Romanov’s were executed, the Tsar’s daughters were the last to die as their clothes had diamonds sown into then giving them some protection from the firing

by whatilearned November 16, 2021, 12:12 pm

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What was your “went mining for iron and found diamonds” moment?

by QuestionGuy October 26, 2021, 9:57 pm

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TIL that the world’s most expensive teapot was commissioned by a UK charity. Called “the Egoist” and made from gold and silver, it features 1658 diamonds, 386 rubies, and a mammoth ivory handle.

by whatilearned September 5, 2021, 12:18 am

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TIL that the Crater of Diamonds, located in Arkansas, USA, is the only public diamond mine in the world where you can dig up your own diamonds and keep it as a souvenir. It is believed to be the eighth largest diamond reserve in the world, in surface area.

by whatilearned August 27, 2021, 6:12 am

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