| I recently visited the Museum of Natural History, where I found this hard thing: It's the Star of India, a 563-carat star sapphire that was donated to the museum in 1901 by J. P. Morgan. It was stolen in 1964 (at which time it was uninsured and "protected" by an alarm with a dead battery!). The thief was caught, the gem recovered (from a locker in a Miami bus station), and I assume they've taken better care of this treasure since then. [To see more of this challenge, go here.] |
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday Challenge — "hard"
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