Real diamonds do not show up on x-ray.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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Coins usually survive in circulation for about 30 years.
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"Big Ben" in London isn't a tower, the bell inside the tower is called "Big Ben", the tower itself is called "The Elizabeth Tower".
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Americans are responsible for generating roughly 20% percent of the garbage in the world.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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In many countries, urine was used as a detergent for washing.
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It takes about 63,000 trees to make the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of The New York Times.
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