Well, there goes my appetite. I recently stumbled upon a company in the UK who are making diamonds (real gems, not cubic-zirconium) out of the ashes of your recently passed loved ones (and even from your living loved ones if you so desire!). The diamonds are created from the “cremains” or cremated ashes, of your recently departed by extracting the carbon content from the ashes. The process doesn’t actually take place in the United Kingdom, I suspect due to legal issues, but, it’s reportedly not cheap and the process is patented, “extremely scientific” and kept a close secret. You can even make diamonds from pets and from the hair and nails of your living relatives! I’m really hoping this is a bad taste joke, but, this being the internet it wouldn’t shock me to find out this is an actual practice in use today or worse, a scam to take advantage of the vulnerable relatives of the recently departed.

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