45 FACTS ABOUT GOLDBROUGHT TO YOU BY GARFIELD REFININGWWW.GARFIELDREFINING.COM

FACTS ADAPTED FROM RANDOMHISTORY.COM

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.

“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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