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The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday.

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It’s the biggest diamond found since 1905.

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[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I just want to know what genius named carats and karats ostensibly the same thing, especially when both are related to jewellery, but one means purity and the other is just a measure of weight

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's worse: 1 Calorie = 1000 calorie

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't that some American BS? Every non American food I've had was measured in Kilocalories

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm from France. Food packaging uses kcal but I've seen articles about diets and stuff use Cal.

[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The pet food lists kcals/can for whatever it's worth. I live in the US.

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