All the gold ever mined on Earth.... (1 Viewer)

[matttyl]

put together would only be about 1/3rd the size of the Washington Monument.

http://money.howstuffworks.com/question213.htm

Platinum is even more scarce...all of the platinum in the world would fit in a cube that is 6.3 meters (about 20 feet) on a side.

Heard that on the radio this morning, blew my mind.

 

[DiStefano]

How about diamonds? Or is that too hard?

 

[Fennis]

How about diamonds? Or is that too hard?

You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day

 

[Kal El]

But those blocks would be unbelievably heavy.

 

[Sarnoff]

I learned this fact from an old Final Jeopardy question.

 

[zed2283]

I heard it would fit in 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Is that the same volume?

 

[cstu]

it is believed that the core also contains enough gold, platinum and other siderophile elements that if extracted and poured onto the Earth's surface it would cover the entire Earth with a coating 0.45 m (1.5 feet) deep.

 

[KCitons]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

 

[NCCommish]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

Platinum is 11% denser than gold. So although an ounce of each weighs the same there is less platinum involved in getting there.

 

[DiStefano]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

Platinum is 11% denser than gold. So although an ounce of each weighs the same there is less platinum involved in getting there.

But they both weigh more than an ounce of feathers; or an ounce of caviar, for that matter.

 

[dickey moe]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

 

[Norman Paperman]

I heard it would fit in 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Is that the same volume?

ask woz

 

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I heard it would fit in 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Is that the same volume?

ask woz

How many fl oz is that?

 

[McGarnicle]

And my wife won't be happy until I bring it all home.

 

[NCCommish]

I heard it would fit in 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Is that the same volume?

ask woz

How many fl oz is that?

2

 

[Ilov80s]

How about diamonds? Or is that too hard?

That joke was so bad, you should be punished.

 

[drummer]

"Still doesn't amount to the cost of the ACA"

Sincerely, the OP.

 

[jon_mx]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

Are you weighing them on earth, mars, or the moon?

 

[Insomniac]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

Platinum is 11% denser than gold. So although an ounce of each weighs the same there is less platinum involved in getting there.

But they both weigh more than an ounce of feathers; or an ounce of caviar, for that matter.

Troy ounces rule!

 

[Long Ball Larry]

put together would only be about 1/3rd the size of the Washington Monument.

http://money.howstuffworks.com/question213.htm

Platinum is even more scarce...all of the platinum in the world would fit in a cube that is 6.3 meters (about 20 feet) on a side.

Heard that on the radio this morning, blew my mind.

and that's why no one gets platinum records anymore.

 

[Politician Spock]

Meh. We've consumed so much silver for industrial purposes that the metal is almost as rare as gold now... yet costs 1/66 the price.

 

[drummer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wgosPXVWUM

 

[Fennis]

Well, what are we waiting for? There's gold in them thar hills!

 

[zed2283]

Just one more good reason to destroy the rain forests.

 

[KCitons]

which weighs more, an ounce of gold or an ounce of platinum?

Are you weighing them on earth, mars, or the moon?

URANUS!

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

An ounce of humility is the heaviest, for some nearly impossible to carry.

 

[Kal El]

I keep hearing about peopke stealing copper, and I'm a bit surprised people aren't trying to melt down pennies as a result.

 

[Fennis]

I keep hearing about peopke stealing copper, and I'm a bit surprised people aren't trying to melt down pennies as a result.

Since the ealry 80s, pennies are made of zinc

 

[cstu]

I keep hearing about peopke stealing copper, and I'm a bit surprised people aren't trying to melt down pennies as a result.

Since the ealry 80s, pennies are made of zinc

Wheat pennies FTW.

 

[Mario Kart]

I keep hearing about peopke stealing copper, and I'm a bit surprised people aren't trying to melt down pennies as a result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnFcwanZ_uI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHCDTZ0DlJU