Diamonds and Bling
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Diamonds became popular in the late 19th century after large diamond mines were discovered in South Africa, making them less rare and more affordable. However, the De Beers company still stockpiles diamonds to artificially inflate prices. While diamonds are known for being the hardest natural material, they are not as rare as once believed and their status as a prestigious engagement stone was popularized through marketing campaigns in the 1930s.
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- Anti-rejection medications must be taken lifelong to prevent the recipient's body from rejecting the new kidney.
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6 picture description
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3) Theories about lost civilizations like Atlantis propose they had advanced cultures destroyed by natural disasters like floods or comet impacts over 10,000 years ago, though little evidence remains due to time.
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A woman in Khon Kaen ordered an expensive Celine bag online but received water bottles instead. A lottery ticket seller lied about someone winning 90 million baht from a ticket he sold. Police seized over 8 million methamphetamine pills worth 884 million baht. An investigation found corruption and embezzlement at a government welfare center in Khon Kaen, where money meant to help the poor was being stolen.
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- 1. Diamonds, and other silly bling things
- 2. Material Girl by Madonna - 1984
- 3. “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”
- 4. Average cost of a diamond engagement ring is about $6000.
- 5. When did diamonds become popular? Diamonds were very rare and very expensive until the 1880’s when diamond mines were found in South Africa.
- 6. It made people think they need to spend two months salary on a diamond ring. Engagement rings were not very popular until 1938. De Beers made an ad campaign to make them popular.
- 7. Diamonds are NOT rare. The De Beers company stockpiles them to drive up the price.
- 8. They are diamonds that are sold to make money for war or crime
- 9. Diamonds are used on drills and other things, because they are so hard
- 10. The Hope Diamond- biggest diamond in the world. Some people say it is cursed. King Louis of France
- 11. Herkimer diamonds (quartz) from Herkimer, New York
- 12. Herkimer diamond gift to teacher Jecel- I found all these diamonds myself.
- 13. Diamonds are boring. Why not use other gemstones in wedding rings? emerald sapphire ruby
- 15. Sin Sod - dowry
- 16. Luxury cars
- 17. Too much bling
- 18. Iphones- are they worth the high price?
- 19. Gold digger
- 20. Gold toilet stolen from palace in England
- 21. Gold popcorn- 7500 baht
- 23. Diamond chess set- 250,000,000 baht
- 24. Theodent toothpaste- 3300 baht (with chocolate!)
- 25. Civet coffee- 40,000 baht per kilo
- 26. Caviar- fish eggs that cost 1,000,000 per kilo
- 27. This banana is “art” that sold for 4,000,000 baht! Someone ate the banana yesterday!
- 28. Pure gold shirt- 8,000,000 baht!
- 29. Beer made from Antarctic ice. 25,000 baht per bottle!
- 30. Truffles- some sell for about 130,000 baht per kilo
- 31. Sweden- The anti bling country