Monday, May 9, 2011

Gold!

Now you may be confused about this but it is considered  in Aztec belief that waste and filthiness can protect from other filthiness. They used gold for almost every type of cure. It is ironic that this did not protect them from the filthy Europeans that brought new disease and stole there gold. In all of the world and history only about 161,000 tons of it has been collected. Compare that to the 5.6 million tons of aluminium collect this year for america. Gold on the periodical table is Au; This is from aurum, a Latin word meaning "shining dawn". The US has approximately 8,965 tons(about 35,000,000,000 grams) of gold stored. This is about 5.56% of the gold ever found. Shocked huh? Now you see why it's so expensive.
Posted by Thatguyheis at 6:30 AM
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22 comments:

  1. VenomForMassesMay 9, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    Hah, very interesting facts!

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  2. Spartan094May 9, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    What is the US going to do with all that?

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  3. SaysMichaelMay 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM

    I had no idea!

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  4. Blogging SkaterMay 9, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    thats a lot of gold!

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  5. JimmyMay 9, 2011 at 8:05 AM

    love this blog, always has an interesting fact that I didn't know :) keep it up

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  6. xPwNxstar76xMay 9, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    I feel smarter just from reading this blog :)

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  7. CPHMay 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    In that case, I would love the gods to shit all over me.

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  8. The Red RoomMay 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    this is my kind of blog. following.

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  9. PonyMay 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Hahaha that's kinda messed up. Filth to fight filth.

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  10. $ome MusicMay 9, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    i enjoyed this. especially about the history of the word aurum.

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  11. christophersonMay 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    i love history of language. want to get my masters in it. don't want to pay student loans.

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  12. Daniel SmothermanMay 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Good info. I wish I'd come across a bunch of gold haha

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  13. MichelangeloMay 9, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Ahaha, awesome article! :D

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  14. AnonymousMay 9, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Nice info.

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  15. Adam RockefellerMay 9, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    I did not know there was so little gold in the world!

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  16. GastonMay 9, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    Wow, I need to learn to steal stuff. I need some of that gold.

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  17. sewingincirclesMay 9, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    That is so much gold.

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  18. The SuitMay 9, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Wow, gold is expensive.

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  19. ThorfanMay 9, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    I suddenly want to invest in gold.

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  20. BigOryxMay 10, 2011 at 1:49 AM

    wow, you've got some amazing facts here!!

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  21. JayPowerMay 10, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    I should start investing in gold ;D

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  22. RickMay 10, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    I wish I had bought gold years ago. Now I doubt I could afford more than a couple ounces.

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