Monday, October 3, 2011

the daily(ish)

The sign said this was the oldest thing I would ever see…

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See white dust inside the tube?  Those are apparently tiny diamonds formed billions of years ago on a dying star.  Sounds a lot more impressive than this display would lead you to believe, huh?

Although, I will say I would have easily missed it had I not thought “Why are they displaying a crack pipe over there?” and went over to check it out.

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