If you've shopped for the jewelry you probably know just how much of an elaborate scam everything involved with it is. Diamonds are almost like some kind of cryptocurrency as every bit of value we put into them is completely manufactured. Jewelry companies control the flow of diamonds into the market and keep the flow as low as possible in order to create a false scarcity, giving the illusion that these jewels are rare and valuable. In reality, there are warehouses of the damn things out there…

Wild.

Good enough though.

Learn something almost useless.

It's a big world.

Be one with time itself.

Ohh, shiny facts.

Behold, the numbers.

Proper research is key.

Behold, the knowledge.

Every moment can be a learning experience.

Enter history!

Everyone has a prized fact.

They say what you don't know can't hurt you, but we've all been hit in the face with enough frisbees to know that's demonstrably false. That said, what you do know can leave you with a creeping sense of existential dread and a lasting mark on your psyche. Because man, we live in a vastly unexplored and wildly unpredictable world full of flesh-eating wiener parasites and damning statistics about reading comprehension. Here are some strange science facts to ponder .

A lot of things have happened.

Knowledge is never wasted.