Did you know fact of the day looks at the most shocking, interesting and funny facts across the world. Photo: Pixabay

Did you know? Fact of the Day – Thursday, 16 March 2023

Impress your family and friends with these random – yet fascinating – facts in The South African’s ‘Did you know?’ feature.

by Shyleen Choruma

16-03-2023 09:10

in Offbeat

Did you know fact of the day looks at the most shocking, interesting and funny facts across the world. Photo: Pixabay

Impress your family and friends with these random – yet fascinating – facts in The South African’s ‘Did you know?’ feature.

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Did you know: The world’s largest diamond was found in the Premier Mine in Pretoria,

The world’s largest diamond was found in the premiere mine in Pretoria, South Africa on 25 January 1905.The 3,106-carat stone weighed 1.33 pounds and was called the Cullinan after the owner of the mine. It was later cut into nine large stones and about 100 smaller ones; the largest, the 530.2 carat Cullinan I or Great Star of Africa, is the world’s largest colorless cut diamond and can be seen on top of the Queen of England’s Sceptre with the Cross in the Tower of London. The world’s leading diamond company, De Beers, was set up in Kimberley South Africa by Cecil Rhodes in 1881. Today the company operates all over the world and sells more than a third of the world’s rough diamonds. South African diamond mines account for 9.1% of the world’s diamonds.