If you're getting married, and your partner tells you that they want the biggest diamond you can find, they might live to regret it. As of 2011, we can confidently say that the biggest diamond we're aware of is five times the size of the entire Earth.
Situated around 4,000 light years from Earth, one of the stars that makes up the constellation of Serpens - a star named PSR J1719-1438 - has a curious companion; a comparatively tiny planet that circles around it in an intensely close orbit. Scientists believe that this is all that remains of what was once a companion star to PSR J1719-1438, which siphoned off all of its outer layers over millions of years leaving it as a tiny white dwarf. Now all that remains is an outer layer of oxygen, and its core of pure carbon, which we can tell from its mass is crystalline and almost certainly diamond. Getting close enough to mine it might be an issue - it's so close to the parent star that its year is only two hours long.
Not all celebrities have fame and fortune, some are just famous – and in a ton of debt. They came from rags to riches, then went back to rags. Whether they’ve filed bankruptcy, ended up in court, or just can’t stop spending, celebrities mismanage their money just like everyone else. They just hide it well.
50 Cent coined the term “wanksta,” then “partied like it was his birthday” until he filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015. The rapper was said to be anywhere between $10 million and $50 million in debt. In 2016, a federal bankruptcy court judge in Connecticut approved a plan for the founder of G-Unit to pay his debts back. He was able to get his bankruptcy discharged in February of the following year.
Following a 45-year-long career in Hollywood, acting in more than 70 films, actor Gary Busey found himself in more debt than he was worth. In 2012, it was reported that Busey owed between $500,000 and $1 million worth of debt, but only had $50,000 to his name. The 74-year-old actor owed money to hospitals, banks, the L.A. Waterworks District, and even a storage company. He filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy that same year. Despite his longstanding career in Hollywood, Busey's net worth is now only $500,000.
Burt Reynolds is still worth five million dollars, but his battles with debt date back more than 20 years. Between bad investments and a pricey divorce from actress Loni Anderson, the 1970s superstar had to deal with over $10 million in debt and decided to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996. While testifying in a 1994 custody hearing, the South Florida native said he spent $40 million getting through his divorce.
The former Hollywood bad boy, Charlie Sheen owes the IRS nearly $5 million. But that's not all. In 2016, his net worth was reportedly still as high as $150 million, but he was nonetheless $12 million in debt at the time – including mortgages, legal fees, and taxes. That same year, Debt.com reported Sheen owed nearly $300,000 on an American Express card alone.