TIL that in ancient times, the carob seed was used to measure the worth of gems and gold since the seeds have a general uniform weight. This is where the word "karat" comes from. thespruce.com Submitted by kkoolook t3_yhnn7d on October 30, 2022 at 7:34 PM in todayilearned 62 comments 3,349
aard_fi t1_iuhfx5l wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:08 AM > the carob seed was used to measure the worth of gems and gold since the seeds were believed to have a general uniform weight. FTFY Permalink 1
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