World’s Largest Pearl Was Made By A Giant Clam

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The World’s Largest Pearl has been discovered in the Philippines and this thing weighs as much as a small child. Clocking in at around 34Kg or about 75 pounds, the huge gem was being used by a Filipino fisherman as a good luck charm under his bed. The new world’s largest pearl is more than

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This is crazy!!
That fisherman had no idea he had 100 million dollars sitting under his bed!! :D
 

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Yes crazy! 100 Million Dollars!
 

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Holy cow man!! 75 pounds, 5x the size of the previous world record holder, and the dude was keeping it under his bed?!?!?!

That's crazy!!
 

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Now I can justify to my spouse why I NEED a larger aquarium. A 40 gallon won't hold that big of a clam. Yeah, that's it.
 

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