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45 FACTS ABOUT GOLDBROUGHT TO YOU BY GARFIELD REFININGWWW.GARFIELDREFINING.COM
FACTS ADAPTED FROM RANDOMHISTORY.COM
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THE WORLD POURS MORE STEEL IN AN HOUR THAN IT HAS POURED GOLD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF RECORDED HISTORY.
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GOLD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED ON EVERY CONTINENT ON EARTH.
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GOLD CAN CONDUCT BOTH HEAT AND ELECTRICITY AND IT NEVER RUSTS.
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IT IS THOUGHT THAT 80% OF THE WORLD’S GOLD IS STILL IN THE GROUND.
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75% OF ALL GOLD IN CIRCULATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED SINCE 1910.
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A MEDICAL STUDY IN FRANCE FROM THE EARLY 1900S SUGGESTS THAT GOLD IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
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GOLD IS SO PLIABLE IT CAN BE MADE INTO SEWING THREAD. ONE OUNCE CAN BE STRETCHED OVER 50 MILES.
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GOLD IS EDIBLE AND USED IN SOME DESSERTS.
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SOME NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES BELIEVED CONSUMING GOLD COULD ALLOW HUMANS TO LEVITATE.
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THE LARGEST GOLD NUGGET WAS 10”X25”, YIELDING 2,249 OUNCES OF PURE GOLD.
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THE LARGEST GOLD NUGGET EVER FOUND WAS JUST 2 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE.
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IN MARCH 2008, THE PRICE OF GOLD HIT $1,000 AN OUNCE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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DEMAND FOR GOLD ROSE SHARPLY IN 2008 DURING THE RECESSION.
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GOLD IS CHEMICALLY INERT, SO IT NEVER CAUSES SKIN IRRITATION.
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ONE CUBIC FOOT OF GOLD WEIGHS HALF A TON.
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THE WORLD’S LARGEST GOLD BAR WEIGHS 250 KG (551 LB).
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THE LAST TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS WERE ENTIRELY OF GOLD WAS IN 1912.
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THE INCAS THOUGHT GOLD REPRESENTED THEIR SUN GOD AND CALLED IT “TEARS OF THE SUN.”
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AROUND 1200 BC, EGYPTIANS USED UNSHORN SHEEPSKIN TO MINE FOR GOLD DUST FROM THE SANDS OF THE BLACK SEA.
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IN ANCIENT EGYPT, GOLD WAS UNAVAILABLE TO ANYONE BUT THE PHARAOHS.
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THERE ARE MORE THAN 400 REFERENCES TO GOLD IN THE BIBLE.
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GOLD WAS MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI.
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THE GREEKS THOUGHT THAT GOLD WAS A DENSE COMBINATION OF WATER AND SUNLIGHT.
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IN 560 BC, THE LYDIANS INTRODUCED THE FIRST GOLD COIN.
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THE CHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR GOLD IS AU, FROM THE LATIN WORD AURUM MEANING “SHINING DAWN.”
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DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY, DRINKING MOLTEN GOLD AND CRUSHED EMERALDS WAS USED AS A TREATMENT FOR THE BUBONIC PLAQUE.
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IN 1511, KING FERDINAND OF SPAIN COINED THE IMMORTAL PHRASE: “GET GOLD, HUMANELY IF POSSIBLE—BUT AT ALL HAZARDS, GET GOLD.”
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BOTH GREEKS AND JEWS BEGIN TO PRACTICE ALCHEMY IN 300 BC.
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ORIGINALLY THE U.S. MINT MADE $2.50, $10, AND $15 COINS OF SOLID GOLD. MINTING OF GOLD STOPPED IN 1933, DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS ARE NAMED AFTER THE 1849 GOLD RUSH MINERS.
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GOLD AND COPPER WERE THE FIRST METALS TO BE DISCOVERED BY HUMANS AROUND 5000 BC.
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THE WORLD’S LARGEST STOCKPILE OF GOLD CAN BE FOUND FIVE STORIES UNDERGROUND INSIDE THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK’S VAULT.
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THAT VAULT HOLDS 25% OF THE WORLD'S GOLD RESERVE (540,000 GOLD BARS).
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THE MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA CAN DESCEND AS FAR AS 12,000 FEET AND REACH TEMPERATURES OF 130°F.
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APPROXIMATELY 142,000 TONS OF GOLD HAVE BEEN MINED THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
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THE FIRST GOLD EVER DISCOVERED IN THE U.S. WAS A 17-POUND NUGGET FOUND IN CABARRUS, NC.
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IN 1848, GOLD WAS DISCOVERED NEAR SACRAMENTO, SPARKING THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH.
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THE PURITY OF GOLD IS MEASURED BY KARAT.
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“SOLID GOLD” IS GOLD THAT HAS A MINIMUM PURITY OF 10 KARAT.
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STANDARD KARATS FOUND ARE 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, OR 24. THE HIGHER THE NUMBER, THE GREATER THE PURITY.
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“PURE GOLD” MUST HAVE A KARAT OF 24. PURE GOLD IS SO SOFT THAT IT CAN BE MOLDED BY HAND.
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THE SIZE OF A STANDARD GOLD BAR IS 7" BY 3 AND 5/8" BY 1 AND 3/4“.
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THERE IS AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 10 BILLION TONS OF GOLD IN THE OCEANS.
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THE WORLD’S FIRST GOLD VENDING MACHINE WAS UNVEILED IN MAY 2010 IN ABU DHABI.
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IN 1968, GOLD WAS MADE THE OFFICIAL STATE MINERAL OF ALASKA.
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