This, boys and girls, is the Hope Diamond. It lives at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. It is the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing in at 45.52 carats.Sounds very impressive, doesn’t it?
Now, I’ve been to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (thank you high school…you did one awesome thing for me) and, after forty five minutes standing in line, I can say that I’ve seen the Hope Diamond in person with my own eyes.
And I’ve gotta say…that in real life…it looks about like this…
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