to us go bonus fact Olympic gold medals
are over 92% silver one set of prize
medals traditionally includes bronze
silver and gold Awards welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down the
five most fascinating things that you
probably didn’t know about gold
number five all that glitters really
isn’t gold
despite jewelry shops seeming sometimes
overstocked on gold it remains an
incredibly rare substance one popular
statistic says that mankind pours more
steel in an hour than it has produced
gold since the beginning of recorded
history so today we found a quarter from
1965 and a dime from I don’t know what
it’s it’s old and of course this thing
so now we’re gonna go take it in see how
much it’s worth
business magnate Warren Buffett says
that if all the gold ever mined were
collected into one cube it would be
about twenty meters high the BBC claims
that all the above-ground gold would
easily fit inside the center court at
Wimbledon
also girl’s best friend or not some
estimates say that a 1 ounce nugget of
gold is less common than a five carat
diamond so the next time you’re shopping
for the shiny stuff accept no imitations
but expect plenty we kind of like to
push the envelope if you’re very classic
– really funky contemporary we have a
wide range number for astronauts and
airplane pilots need gold going with a
special goal was that one of the gifts
that during why they bought to Jesus
although around three-quarters of the
world’s annual gold supply is reportedly
used for jewelry it does have other
applications gold is actually an
effective material for blocking sunlight
and reducing glare while we’re not
suggesting that it’s some kind of
sunblock substitute gold is important in
the aviation industry as thin layers are
sometimes incorporated into airplane
wind screens going even further afield
an astronauts visor also includes a gold
film as an anti glare safety measure
gold’s magic continues to keep us in its
thrall in terms of other alternative
uses for gold it’s sometimes used as a
thread for luxury textiles and it’s
often used in electrical wiring these
micro processes are the easiest to
recycle as the only metal contained atom
is gold in fact it’s said that more gold
is recoverable from one ton of computer
waste than from 17 tons of gold or this
company will make a handsome profit
though one ton of old computers could
fetch them six-and-a-half thousand
pounds number three the oceans are
overflowing with gold despite
above-ground gold remaining rare the
earth still has plenty of the substance
to give only the majority of it is
currently inaccessible
most estimates claim that between 20 and
30 million tons of gold is trapped
within the sea but we shouldn’t all be
headed for the beach just yet
ocean based gold is incredibly dilute so
every leader of ocean water contains
only on average 13 billions of a gram
there’s a higher concentration of it on
the ocean floor one spot of half an
ounce but that’s still thousand bucks
per thousand bucks right there
but mining for gold a few miles
underwater is neither easy nor
economical however if we could extract
all the ocean gold there’d be enough for
every person on earth to own around 9
pounds of it chi-ching number 2 india
loves gold gold jewelry has long been
the must-have adornment for indian women
and doubles up as an instant emergency
funding for centuries now India has
boasted a thriving market for gold and
there’s an estimated 300,000 jewellers
trading in the country today from
weddings to its biggest festival Diwali
celebrations are synonymous with buying
the yellow metal’s some of the highest
projections claim that 11 percent of the
world’s total gold supply is worn as
jewelry by Indian women which equates to
over 18,000 tons of the material which
is more than the reserves of the u.s.
Switzerland and Germany put together but
try telling that to Indian consumers
like Alfia who’s trying on another piece
of jewelry she says buying gold is a
tradition in India one that few are
willing to give up but keep in mind that
India has a population of around 1.2
billion people in terms of per capita
gold consumption it ranks only 19th in
the world
well that’s legitimately disappointing
number 1 gold came from a galaxy far far
away money doesn’t grow on trees
so why should gold grow on earth
scientists believe that almost every
ounce of gold on our planet came from
meteorites that rained down over 200
million years after the world was formed
as a result the precious metal is
discoverable on every continent a 2011
study by the University of Bristol
confirmed Gold’s galactic history
highlighting how much of the modern
world and economy depend on what was a
chance event
pepto saw study leader dr. Matthias
ville bolt explains how bold was quote
added to our planet by lucky coincidence
when the earth was hit by about twenty
billion billion tons of asteroid ulm
aterial now that’s a gold medal fact if
we’ve ever heard one so what do you
think about the stuff yeah and what
would you do with your 9 pounds of ocean
gold I used the money to pay off some
old debt for more girl’s best friend top
tens and man’s best friend top fives be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
don’t want to bring the whole arsenal
you know because there’s heavy stuff
are over 92% silver one set of prize
medals traditionally includes bronze
silver and gold Awards welcome to
watchmojo.com it we’re counting down the
five most fascinating things that you
probably didn’t know about gold
number five all that glitters really
isn’t gold
despite jewelry shops seeming sometimes
overstocked on gold it remains an
incredibly rare substance one popular
statistic says that mankind pours more
steel in an hour than it has produced
gold since the beginning of recorded
history so today we found a quarter from
1965 and a dime from I don’t know what
it’s it’s old and of course this thing
so now we’re gonna go take it in see how
much it’s worth
business magnate Warren Buffett says
that if all the gold ever mined were
collected into one cube it would be
about twenty meters high the BBC claims
that all the above-ground gold would
easily fit inside the center court at
Wimbledon
also girl’s best friend or not some
estimates say that a 1 ounce nugget of
gold is less common than a five carat
diamond so the next time you’re shopping
for the shiny stuff accept no imitations
but expect plenty we kind of like to
push the envelope if you’re very classic
– really funky contemporary we have a
wide range number for astronauts and
airplane pilots need gold going with a
special goal was that one of the gifts
that during why they bought to Jesus
although around three-quarters of the
world’s annual gold supply is reportedly
used for jewelry it does have other
applications gold is actually an
effective material for blocking sunlight
and reducing glare while we’re not
suggesting that it’s some kind of
sunblock substitute gold is important in
the aviation industry as thin layers are
sometimes incorporated into airplane
wind screens going even further afield
an astronauts visor also includes a gold
film as an anti glare safety measure
gold’s magic continues to keep us in its
thrall in terms of other alternative
uses for gold it’s sometimes used as a
thread for luxury textiles and it’s
often used in electrical wiring these
micro processes are the easiest to
recycle as the only metal contained atom
is gold in fact it’s said that more gold
is recoverable from one ton of computer
waste than from 17 tons of gold or this
company will make a handsome profit
though one ton of old computers could
fetch them six-and-a-half thousand
pounds number three the oceans are
overflowing with gold despite
above-ground gold remaining rare the
earth still has plenty of the substance
to give only the majority of it is
currently inaccessible
most estimates claim that between 20 and
30 million tons of gold is trapped
within the sea but we shouldn’t all be
headed for the beach just yet
ocean based gold is incredibly dilute so
every leader of ocean water contains
only on average 13 billions of a gram
there’s a higher concentration of it on
the ocean floor one spot of half an
ounce but that’s still thousand bucks
per thousand bucks right there
but mining for gold a few miles
underwater is neither easy nor
economical however if we could extract
all the ocean gold there’d be enough for
every person on earth to own around 9
pounds of it chi-ching number 2 india
loves gold gold jewelry has long been
the must-have adornment for indian women
and doubles up as an instant emergency
funding for centuries now India has
boasted a thriving market for gold and
there’s an estimated 300,000 jewellers
trading in the country today from
weddings to its biggest festival Diwali
celebrations are synonymous with buying
the yellow metal’s some of the highest
projections claim that 11 percent of the
world’s total gold supply is worn as
jewelry by Indian women which equates to
over 18,000 tons of the material which
is more than the reserves of the u.s.
Switzerland and Germany put together but
try telling that to Indian consumers
like Alfia who’s trying on another piece
of jewelry she says buying gold is a
tradition in India one that few are
willing to give up but keep in mind that
India has a population of around 1.2
billion people in terms of per capita
gold consumption it ranks only 19th in
the world
well that’s legitimately disappointing
number 1 gold came from a galaxy far far
away money doesn’t grow on trees
so why should gold grow on earth
scientists believe that almost every
ounce of gold on our planet came from
meteorites that rained down over 200
million years after the world was formed
as a result the precious metal is
discoverable on every continent a 2011
study by the University of Bristol
confirmed Gold’s galactic history
highlighting how much of the modern
world and economy depend on what was a
chance event
pepto saw study leader dr. Matthias
ville bolt explains how bold was quote
added to our planet by lucky coincidence
when the earth was hit by about twenty
billion billion tons of asteroid ulm
aterial now that’s a gold medal fact if
we’ve ever heard one so what do you
think about the stuff yeah and what
would you do with your 9 pounds of ocean
gold I used the money to pay off some
old debt for more girl’s best friend top
tens and man’s best friend top fives be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com I
don’t want to bring the whole arsenal
you know because there’s heavy stuff
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