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The “tradition” of spending several months salary on an engagement ring was a marketing campaign created by De Beers in the 1930’s. Before WWII, only 10% of engagement rings contained diamonds. By the end of the 20th Century, 80% did.

The idea was embedded in popular culture in the West by an advertising drive from the De Beers diamond cartel that started in the lean years of the 1930s. The Depression was a disaster for De Beers, which controlled 60% of rough diamond output. De Beers embarked on what it now describes as a “substantial” campaign, linking diamonds with engagement.

Prior to the 1930s, presenting a woman with a diamond engagement ring was not the norm. Even on the eve of World War Two, a mere 10% of engagement rings contained diamonds. By the end of the 20th Century, 80% did.

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What Is The Story Behind The Burglar Who Sued The Homeowner?

Katko v. Briney, was a court case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court, in which two homeowners (Edward and Bertha Briney) were held liable for battery for injuries caused to a trespasser (Marvin Katko) who set off a spring gun set as a mantrap in an abandoned house on the homeowners’ property. The case thereafter received wide attention in legal circles, becoming a staple of tort law casebooks and law school courses.

Bertha Briney inherited an old farmhouse in Mahaska County, Iowa, which the Brineys had left vacant for the last ten years prior to the incident. They had the farmhouse boarded up and placed “No Trespassing” signs around the property. The farmhouse was in poor condition and was subject to frequent burglaries and break-ins.

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Either You Challenge Yourself Or Life Will Do It For You

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Life is hard. I don’t think anyone’s going to argue against that. There will always be challenges.

You have two options:

  1. You choose you challenges. You push yourself. You go after what you want. You make it happen. It will be hard work, but you get to chose where you go and become the active driver of your life.

  2. You do nothing and wait until life throws something at you. Then you’re on defense. You’re unprepared and just doing your best to stay afloat. You’re unprepared and unpracticed because you’ve spent all of your time dicking around.

The choice is yours.

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She Played Wonder Woman in the 70’s Television Series. See Lynda Carter Now at 71 – Ned Hardy

Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report – France24

Is a "Steam mop" worth it over a regular mops? Oh hell yes! – Amazon

Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them – VOX

Rules for sustaining peak performance as we grow older – Big Think

How to Relax Without Feeling Guilty About Relaxing – Mel Magazine

How to Create Space Between Stimulus and Response – Brad Stuhlberg

How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities – Nautilus

How to Be More Productive Without Putting in Extra Hours – INC

10 Ways to Improve Your Wi-Fi Without Buying Anything – How To Geek

She Played Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. See Melissa Sue Anderson Now at 60 – Ned Hardy

Lamborghini’s New V-12 Powertrain Is a 1001-HP Three-Motor Plug-in Hybrid – Car and Driver

A Dying Man’s Lost Recipe Made His Daughter a Multimillionaire – Bloomberg

That ‘Compliment’ Might Actually Be Offensive – Life Hacker

The 10 Most Dangerous Illegal Drugs in Order – Linkiest

What the dogs of Chernobyl can teach us about life at the edge – Stat News

Seams Pretty Good: How to Know You’re Buying Quality Clothes – The Guardian

Chuck E. Cheese Still Uses Floppy Disks To Make Its Rodent Mascot Dance – BuzzFeed

Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives – Technology Review

 

 

10 People Who Like Their Steaks Well-Done Explain WHY

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1. First of all, by well done, I mean brown all the way through, which is not the same as completely burned so that the steak resembles a hockey puck in appearance and flavor.

I have had some phenomenal steaks cooked well done at moderate-to-upscale steakhouses, and the outside was barely charred at all.

After trying steaks cooked to a variety of temperatures, I feel that well done is the best according to my tastes. I don’t feel that the flavor is substantially lost by cooking the steak for longer.

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What Happens When A Country Doesn’t Pay Its Debts?

Most sovereign governments can, in theory, ignore their debts and default. The repercussions will depend on who lent the government the money.

It is extremely likely that no private investor or enterprise will consider lending more money (in the short term). They might go so far as to cease or curtail lending to private enterprises in that country due to perceived instability and unreliability of the government.

It is also likely the currency will devalue and there will be little incoming investment.

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The Execution of György Dózsa

History has taught us that committing high treason is a sure fire way to get tortured and executed in the most excruciating ways. Of course, this isn’t a problem if you actually manage to succeed in overthrowing a ruler or monarch, but those who fail are made an example of in the worst ways possible. Such was the case of György Dózsa, a Hungarian soldier of fortune who led a peasants’ revolt against the kingdom’s nobility in 1514. Despite achieving some early decisive victories against the Hungarian army, the revolution was eventually suppressed with force and Dózsa captured.

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