What are some interesting facts about gold?

You can eat it :)

You can eat it :)

Gold is not always pure. Pure gold is white and soft. Before being bought, it is often mixed with other metals like silver and copper to give it it’s desired color and hardness. This is where the “karat” comes in. So 24-karat gold is 100% gold, 12-karat is 50%, etc.

Gold is a currency that does not expire or have borders.If the world as we know it ended tomorrow ,any survivors world wide would use Gold to trade until stability of Nations was once again.An oldish gold you have could be recycled /re-smelted 10 times over and who knows part once may have been from an Egyptian king,some untold found treasure from a Viking burial,who knows?old Gold has History ,new Gold will make History,Gold does not get thrown away,it has a longer life than us.

Some cars uses gold for heat dissipation and some alcoholic drinks contain gold. Interesting…..

u can find it on the beach w/ a metal detector.

Romans would stuff dormice with it and eat it as a delicacy It does not oxidize(rust) Used to penetrate cells to insert genetically engineered DNA strands If you were to collect All the gold mined in history and melt it down, it would only reach the feet high within a football field