Gold is said to be so rare that the world pours more steel in an hour than it has poured gold since time began! Treasured for it's scarcity and loved for it's shine - here are a few fun facts about gold!
- The United States Federal Reserve holds roughly 7,385 tons of gold, which equates to 530,000 gold bars.
- The world's largest producers, which encompasses nearly one-third of total production, are China, the United States and Australia.
- Although flavorless, gold is edible.
- A 28-gram nugget of gold is worth more than a 5-carat diamond.
- The South African gold rush started in Johannesburg in 1885 when an Australian miner, George Harrison, found gold when digging up stones to build a house.
- The largest known gold nugget was found in Central Victoria, Australia in 1869. Nicknamed the 'Welcome Stranger', it weighed approximately 2,316 troy ounces.
- 49% of all gold mined today is made into jewelry.
- India overtook China in 2014 as the top gold consumer.
- Gold has countless medical contributions. In addition to being used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis, gold is highly resistant to bacteria and can be used for implants in high risk areas of infection. Gold is also used in diagnostics including pregnancy tests and HIV progression.
- The world's oceans are estimated to contain 16,534 tons of gold.
- According to folklore, sailors used to wear gold earrings so that if they drowned and their bodies washed up on foreign shores they could pay for a Christian burial.
- The average smartphone has roughly 10 troy ounces of gold per ton.
- In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a 220 pound 99.999 percent pure gold coin at the mint in Ottawa Ontario, Canada.
- The visor of an astronaut's helmet is coated with a thin layer of gold to filter out the sun's harmful rays.
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