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“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” “Diamonds are forever.” “Diamonds in the rough.” Whatever you say about these precious gems, you can’t deny they are desirable! Tidbits has all the dirt on diamonds this week – read along and see! • The word “diamond” has its origins in the Greek language from the word Adamas, which translates “unconquerable and indestructible.” The Greeks believed them to be splinters of stars that had fallen to Earth and believed diamonds promoted strength, invincibility, and courage to those who wore them. • Ranked as the hardest natural substance on Earth, diamonds are composed entirely of carbon, the only gemstones composed of just one element. They are formed at high temperatures under intense pressure 87 to 120 miles (140 to 190 km) within the Earth’s mantle over billions of years. A volcanic eruption can often bring diamonds to the Earth’s surface. Although there are synthetic “diamonds,” there is no man-made way to reproduce the tremendous heat and pressure found deep within the Earth that creates diamonds. Millionaire publisher Malcolm Forbes had this to say about diamonds – “Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.” turn the page for more! Publish a

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DIAMONDS (continued): • Although diamonds are 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on Earth, they are quite brittle and can be shattered by the single blow of a hammer. And if a diamond is placed in an oven at a temperature of 1405° F (763° C), it will disappear without leaving so much as an ash behind. • About 250 tons of earth must be mined to produce a single one-carat diamond. Over 130,000,000 carats weighing 57,000 lbs. (26,000 kg) of diamonds are mined every year – a value of about $9 billion. • Of all the diamonds to be found on Earth, only 20% of them are suitable for jewelry. The majority of diamonds are used for industrial drilling, grinding, cutting, and polishing tools. Diamonds are embedded into drill bits for drilling oil and gas wells through thousands of feet of rock.

www.facebook.com/tidbitsgf • Diamonds were first discovered in India, but most diamond deposits are found in Africa and Russia. There are significant deposits in Brazil, Australia, and Canada, and in a few U.S. states, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. There’s only one mine in the world where you can be a miner, located at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, a 37.5-acre ancient volcanic crater. For $7, you can mine all day and keep anything you find. In 1990, one lucky park visitor found a diamond weighing 3.03 carats in the rough. After cutting, the gem was a perfect 1.09 carat. Don’t get your hopes up, however – gemologists estimate this was a one in a billion occurrence. • Although less than 1% of diamonds are mined in the U.S., America buys more than half of the world’s total production of quality gems.

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• The legendary Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat deep blue stone famous for a supposed curse upon its owners. Its blue color is attributed to trace amounts of boron and nitrogen within its composition. When exposed to ultraviolet light, it produces a red phosphorescence, a “glow-in-the-dark” effect. The curse alleges that the gem brings tragedy to all who own it or wear it, but it’s likely that the stories were fabricated to heighten the diamond’s mystery and consequently, its value. However, legend has it that two owners committed suicide, another was killed by Russian revolutionists, one murdered by her sweetheart, and another thrown from a precipice. At one point, the gem was in the possession of Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI, who were guillotined. It’s believed that the Hope Diamond came from a mine in India, and was brought to Paris by a French gem merchant. It currently resides in the Smithsonian Institute, donated by diamond merchant Harry Winston in 1958. The irreplaceable gem is reportedly insured for $250 million. It’s displayed behind a 3-inchthick (76 mm) bulletproof glass in its own display room.

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• It was pioneering sciencefiction author H.G. Wells who made the following sage observation: “Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” • In a match between a 200-pound mountain lion and a 20-pound porcupine, the lion is likely to be the loser -- and will probably die if it tried to take a bite of the desired prey. • In an odd coincidence, President Abraham Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln. Kennedy the secretary told Lincoln the president that he shouldn’t go to Ford’s Theatre the night he was shot; Lincoln the secretary tried to convince Kennedy the president not to go on a trip to Dallas, where he was shot. • Those who study such things say that Americans watch more television during the months of January and February than at any other time during the year. • Strawberries have more vitamin C than oranges.

• You may not realize it, but you’ve probably seen pictures of the French village of Mont-St.-Michel. It’s a picturesque place, a tiny islet in the English Channel with an 8th-century abbey at the top of a high hill, surrounded by stone houses and cobbled streets. It wasn’t always an islet, though; the hill on which the abbey sits was once surrounded by an oak forest, and the shore was miles away. That all changed in the year 725, though, when an earthquake struck the region. A tidal wave washed over the forest, leaving a vast tidal plain in its wake. Ever since, twice a day, 40foot tides completely surround Mont-St.-Michel. * * * Thought for the Day: “The fundamental cause of trouble in this world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” -- Bertrand Russell © 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

DR. JOYCE BROTHERS (continued): • Following her much-publicized success on the quiz shows, Joyce became a popular guest on many TV shows, including a stint as a commentator for a CBS boxing match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilia. Joyce was so well-liked by the viewing public that she was offered her own afternoon talk show, one that gave her the chance to use her psychology skills. She fielded questions from the audience, offering advice on relationships, raising children, and other life issues. The program was an immediate success and before long Joyce was receiving 1000+ letters a week. Not only was the show syndicated nationally, within a few months, a late-night show dealing with more “adult” issues was added to her schedule, followed by another live call-in radio program. • A syndicated newspaper column in 350 newspapers followed, and in 1963, Good Housekeeping magazine began running a monthly column, a feature that continued for over four decades. • Best-selling books were next on her list of achievements with How to Get Whatever You Want Out of Life, What Every Woman Should Know About Men, and What Every Woman Ought to Know About Love and Marriage. • In 1989, Joyce was faced with an issue of her own she had to deal with. Her husband of 40 years died of cancer and she was overcome with grief, even to the point of suicidal thoughts. The good that came out of her experience was the 1992 book Widowed, the story of the journey through her despair, and a guide for others coping with the same feelings of loss. • Now 85 years old, Joyce still occasionally appears as a guest star, guest speaker, and product spokeswoman.

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Moments in time • On April 28, 1789, three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master’s mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat. Bligh and his men reached Timor in the East Indies in June, after a voyage of about 3,600 miles.

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• On April 27, 1963, Margaret Annemarie Battavio’s very first single, “I Will Follow Him,” reaches No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts. At age 15, the singer better known • On April 24, 1800, President John as Little Peggy March became Adams approves legislation to ap- the youngest female performer propriate $5,000 to establish the ever to top the Billboard Hot 100. Library of Congress. The first library • On April 22, 1970, Earth Day, an catalog, dated 1802, listed 964 vol- event to increase public awareness umes and nine maps. Twelve years of the world’s environmental problater, the British army invaded the lems, is celebrated in the United city of Washington and burned States for the first time. Millions of the Capitol, including the then Americans participated in rallies, 3,000-volume Library of Congress. marches and educational programs. • On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the German military tests its powerful new air force -- the Luftwaffe -- on the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain. Onethird of Guernica’s 5,000 inhabitants were killed or wounded, and fires engulfed the city and burned for days.

• On April 25, 1983, the Soviet Union releases a letter that Russian leader Yuri Andropov wrote to Samantha Smith, an American fifthgrader from Manchester, Maine, inviting her to visit his country. Andropov’s letter came in response to a note Smith had sent him in De• On April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron cember 1982, asking if the Soviets hits the first home run of his Major were planning to start a nuclear war. © 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.

• In the 17th and 18th centuries, as the quantity of books increased with the advent of printing, there was a considerable increase in the interest of libraries. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin introduced the idea of a “subscription library,” one that shared books among members of a literary society. People could join by purchasing “stock” in the organization, and books were lent only to members. • The Bodleian Library, the main research center for the University of Oxford, was established in 1602. By 1914, the total number of books in its collections had already passed the one million mark.

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• As French settlers made their way to North America in the 1500s, they brought their personal book collections with them. The first non-personal library was established in Quebec City in 1635 at the Jesuit College. Three years later, clergyman John Harvard bequeathed his 400-volume library and half of his estate to the College at New Towne. The college was renamed Harvard College in his honor, and the library’s meager beginnings have grown into the largest academic library and third largest library overall in the United States, with close to 17 million volumes.

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LIBRARIES (continued): • America’s first actual public library was the DEERE. JOHN DEERE. Boston Public Library which(continued): opened its doors •inIt1854. was while living in Illinois that John noToday it’s the second largest library the problems that farmers facedLibrary when inticed the U.S., second only to the U.S. attempting to till soil. Because the area had of Congress. Established in 1800, the Library formerly been woodland, the soil was rich of Congress is the nation’s largest library. with hummus, which clumped and clung to Originally housed in the Capitol building, its the blades of the plows farmers were accus30,000 were repairing completely destroyed tomed volumes to using. While a broken cirincular August, 1814 when British troops set He fire saw, Deere stumbled upon an idea. toemployed the Capitol duringskills the to War of 1812. Forhis smith fashion the steel mer president Thomas Jefferson immediately blade into the shape of a plow. He affixed offered his personal of 6,487 books two wooden spokes, library then hitched the device (which he had spent 50theyears collecting) for to a horse. It plowed heavy Illinois soil likeasa acharm. In fact, aand farmer who happened sale replacement, Congress approprito be observing the purchase. test run immediately put ated $23,950 for the in an order for his own John Deere plow. • Educator and Columbia University librarian •Melvil In short order, copyrighted Deere gave up blacksmith Dewey hishis decimal classhop and focused on making plows. The sification system for books in 1876, a system company andEach addedcategory, many emstill used bygrew moststeadily libraries. for ployees. In the late 1840s, John relocated the example “Philosophy and Psychology,” is asentire operation to Moline, Illinois. Ashamed signed a number, which is then divided into of his own lack of education, John sent his subcategories in state’s increments 10. children to the finestofschools. One of

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his proudest occurred whengave son Charles • Steel magnatedays Andrew Carnegie millions thetoequivalent of an MBA fromlibraries Bell’s ofearned dollars fund more than 2,500 College in Chicago.provinces, the inCommercial 47. U.S. states, 7 Canadian New Zealand, and the •U.K., WithIreland, his son Australia, Charles managing the company, West Indies. Carnegie required that the John found time to pursue philanthropiclocal interests. He co-founded Nationcommunities provide theboth landthe andFirst a budget for al Bank and Church. operation. At the theFirst timeCongregational of his death, Carnegie Healready was elected the mayor Molineofinhis 1873, had donated $351 of million forwhere one of hisbillion first actions – themoney. replacetune – that’s $4.8 in today’s ment of the city’s open drains with a sewer

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• There close to 122,000 public andbyacadempipe are system – saved countless lives reducicing libraries in America, with about 8% of that the spread of disease. number public libraries. Nearly 170 million • The original John Deere logo, registered in Americans are registered borrowers, and they 1876, depicted a deer that was native to Afrimake about 1.6 years billionlater, tripsinto1912, the library ca. Thirty-six it waseach reyear. placed with the image of a North American white-tailed deer. In the decades that followed, the now-familiar “outline” logo took Thanks for Reading Tidbits! over as the symbol of the John Deere brand.

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