THINGS ABOUT GOLD

ICE CREAM TESTERS USE GOLD SPOONS TO AVOID

THE AFTER TASTE OF USING REGULAR SPOONS

THE ROMAN POLITICIAN, GAIUS GRACCHUS, HAD A

BOUNTY PUT ON HIS HEAD FOR ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.

THE HEAD WAS DELIVERED BUT THE BOUNTY

WASN'T PAID BECAUSE THE CAPTOR HAD FILLED

HIS HEAD WITH LEAD

ALUMINIUM USED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE METAL

ON EARTH. RICH PEOPLE WOULD DINE WITH

ALUMINIUM CUTLERY WHILE POORER PEOPLE

WOULD USE GOLD

MANSA MUSA, RULER OF THE MALI EMPIRE, ONCE

SPENT SO MUCH GOLD IN EGYPT THAT HE

DEVALUED IT AND NEARLY DESTROYED

THE ECONOMY

CHINESE PRISONERS ARE FORCED TO MINE GOLD

IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT. SOME SOURCES

REPORT NEARLY 100,000 VIRTUAL GOLD

FARMERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

LEGO USED TO GIVE ITS EMPLOYEES A 25.65 GRAM

BRICK OF GOLD FOR COMPLETING 25 YEARS OF SERVICE

GOLD IS EDIBLE

GOLD HAS BEEN FOUND ON EVERY CONTINENT