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Both diamonds came from a 3,106-carat gem found in South Africa in 1905 called the Cullinan Diamond. The largest stone, called the Great Star of Africa, is in the Sovereign's Sceptre, while the second largest is mounted in the Imperial State Crown.

Although almost everyone knows and even refers to the # symbol as either "hashtag" or "pound", its technical name is actually "octothorpe". Its simple to understand where the “octo-” comes from since it means “eight” and refers to the symbol's eight points. The "thorpe" part of its name is less simple. Some claim it was named after Olympian Jim Thorpe, while others argue it was just a nonsense suffix.

Psychiatrists have recently documented a new type of delusion: The Truman Show Delusion. This is a belief that a person is living inside of a reality TV show where they are the star and everyone around them are backup actors. While it is normally fairly harmless, it is a bit scary that people are finding it harder and harder to differentiate between reality and fiction. It is named after the film The Truman Show, which finds Jim Carrey as the main character in a show he does not know exists.

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