CRAZY THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT GOLD
Added on: 8th May 2016
1 TON OF OLD CELL PHONES WILL GIVE YOU MORE
GOLD THAN 1 TON OF GOLD ORE
IF YOU TOOK ALL THE GOLD OUT OF THE OCEAN,
THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR EVERY PERSON
ON EARTH TO HAVE 9 POUNDS
TO PREVENT THE NAZIS FROM CONFISCATING THEM,
HUNGARIAN CHEMIST GEORGE DE HEVESY MELTED
DOWN THE GOLD NOBEL PRIZES OF GERMAN PHYSICISTS
MAX VON LAUE AND JAMES FRANCK.
THEY WERE RECAST AFTER THE WAR
SAILORS OFTEN WORE GOLD EARRINGS SO THAT
IF THEY DROWNED AND WASHED UP ON THE BEACH,
THE EARRINGS WOULD SERVE AS PAYMENT FOR A
PROPER CHRISTIAN BURIAL
THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IS ONLY 1% GOLD
IN DUBAI, THERE ARE ATMS THAT DISPENSE GOLD BARS
MOST OF THE GOLD IN EARTH'S CRUST WAS PUT
THERE BY ASTEROID STRIKES
THE VAST MAJORITY OF GOLD ON EARTH IS IN THE
CORE BECAUSE IT SANK TO THE CENTRE WHILE THE
EARTH WAS FORMING
NOT ENTIRELY ABOUT GOLD BUT A COOL FACT
NEVERTHELESS. IN 1859 GOLD MINERS IN THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS WOKE UP AT 1AM TO EAT
BREAKFAST BECAUSE THE AURORA WAS SO
BRIGHT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS MORNING
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