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• Engagement rings

• Wine Tasters

Engagement Rings

Although the idea of diamonds in jewelry has been around since the 13th century,the idea of engagement rings, specifically the diamond aspect, isn't a million year old tradition. It's actaully about a century year old. Before, people would just get married without any expectation of an expensive ring, until the 1940's, when DeBeers launched the classic "A Diamond is Forever" campaign.

Wine Tasters

Ever wonder how wine tasters are able to have almost supernatural knowledge about wine? That's because wine tasters don't really carry much more knowledge than the average joe. A researcher named Fredric Brochet developed an experiment, where he asked 54 oenology students to differentiate red and white wine.The catch? Both wines were white, except one glass was dyed red. An overwhelming amount didn't notice and believed that the wines were different.