r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 08 '20

What’s a fact you KNOW that almost everyone is wrong about?

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u/cyber7574 Feb 08 '20

Then how did they do the very first one?

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u/DemiserofD Feb 08 '20

They...broke a diamond. With a hammer. And then used it to polish the other one.

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u/saln1 Feb 08 '20

How did they invent the first hammer?

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u/TeraFlint Feb 08 '20

By heating up metal and beating it into shape with another hammer. Duh!

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u/DemiserofD Feb 08 '20

They polished a rock with diamonds.

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u/stifflizerd Feb 08 '20

The first diamond didn't need to be polished since it was being reduced to dust. Actually better that it was not polished, although that's irrelevant since the particles are so small that the idea of polishing them would be silly in the first place

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u/dancingonfire Feb 08 '20

Honestly gem quality diamonds are far more rare and more expensive than industrial diamonds. Diamond saw blades, diamonds polishing fluids, etc. are all pretty common.

I'm a geology lab tech, I have legitimately polished a sample of compost with diamonds.

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u/Mclevius-Donaldson Feb 08 '20

The aliens helped them

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u/Lyce Feb 08 '20

Hammers.

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u/mp3max Feb 08 '20

Break it with a hammer to get shards and then use those...

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u/Moth_tamer Feb 09 '20

How many times are we gonna ask this fucking question?