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All of the gold ever mined would fit into a crate of 21 metres cubed.

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While digging up stones to build a house, Australian miner George Harrison found gold ore near Johannesburg in 1885, beginning the South African gold rush.

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Less than 175,000 tonnes of gold has been mined since the beginning of civilisation.

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Gold melts at 1064 degrees centigrade.

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The temperature of the human body is 37 degrees centigrade. Gold’s conductivity of heat means that it rapidly reaches body temperature – one of the reasons it has become valued for jewellery.

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It is rarer to find a one ounce nugget of gold than a five carat diamond.

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There are just over 31 grams in a troy ounce of gold.

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The boiling point of gold is 2808 degrees centigrade.

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If all of the existing gold in the world was pulled into a 5 micron thick wire, it could wrap around the world 11.2 million times.

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Gold in everyday life

We all know of gold as a great investment option. But did you know that this much-cherished metal is also used in abundance in all these everyday items?

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