TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

My boyfriend and I recently broke up after I found out he had been seen around town with another girl. After almost five years together, our relationship came to an end in a matter of hours. I was devastated, but I'm slowly getting over it and realizing he definitely wasn't the right guy for me.

While we were dating, he had given me a 1/2 carat diamond ring, which frankly I don't even want to look at right now. I took it to a jeweler to see if I could at least get some money out of the rotten deal, but of course he told diamonds just aren't worth anything right now.

His advice: hide it away in a drawer for now and maybe someday I might be able to get an amount closer to what it's worth. Guess I don't have much of a choice because I certainly don't want to look at it right now!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

HINT: (1926-), American television and radio personality, singer, and actor.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The diamond mining industry in South Africa began in 1866, when Stephanus Erasmus Jacobs found an unusual pebble on the south bank of the Orange River. He gave it to a friend, who gave it to a friend, and so on, until it finally ended up in the hands of a professional, who determined that the "pebble" was a 21 1/4-carat diamond.

Princess Margaret of England once commented on Elizabeth Taylor's 39-carat Krupp diamond, calling it the most vulgar thing she'd ever seen. When Liz let the Princess try the ring on, she noticed Margaret admiring it in the light and said, "See? It's not so vulgar now, is it?"

In 1947, DeBeers hired the N.W. Ayer advertising agency to come up with a campaign that would encourage Americans to buy more expensive diamonds and hang on to them, instead of pawning or reselling them. The result was the "A diamond is forever" slogan.

Hawaii's Diamond Head got its name in the late 1700s when western traders found what they thought were diamonds on the crater. The stones they'd found, however, turned out to be calcite crystals, not valuable gemstones.

A chemically pure diamond has no color and is clear. Impure diamonds tend to hvae a yellowish or brownish hue. So-called natural "fancy color" diamonds occur when trace elements in the stone are irradiated during the gem's creation.

Only about 20 percent of the world's diamond supply is used for jewelry. Diamonds are used in industry for cutting, grinding, and polishing everything from eyeglasses to the drums in copying machines to automobile pistons.


VIDEO CLIP
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
Marilyn Monroe is probably most noted for the song Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend. View this clip of Marilyn performing her classic hit.

Watch It Now: Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend


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A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What Am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure."

ANSWER: Peter Marshall.

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