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TIL that wedding rings are essentially successful ad campaign started by diamond mining companies to sell you diamonds (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting doc on Netflix called Nothing Lasts Forever goes into great detail on the diamond cartel and how 'synthetic' diamonds are getting mixed in with mined ones.