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the only metal vain enough to never rust, never tarnish, never apologize.
means A dense, soft, yellow precious metal valued for its rarity, beauty, and resistance to corrosion, long used for coins, jewelry, and as a store of wealth.
from From Old English 'gold,' descending from Proto-Germanic '*gulþą' (compare German 'Gold,' Dutch 'goud'), and traced further back to a Proto-Indo-European root '*ǵʰel-' meaning 'to shine' or 'yellow' — the same glowing root that's a cousin of 'yellow' and 'glow.' So at heart, the word simply means 'the shining thing,' which feels about right.
- cosmic origin
- forged when neutron stars collide and die
- so soft
- a single gram stretches into 2 kilometers of wire
- edible flake
- passes through you completely unchanged, pure flex
- ocean stash
- oceans hold 20 million tons, undrinkable and ungrabbable
- never decays
- nearly all gold ever mined still exists
fort knox — us federal repository holding 147.3 million troy ounces, kentucky
california gold rush — 1848-1855 discovery in sutter's mill that drew 300,000 prospectors
witwatersrand basin — south africa's largest gold deposits, produced one-third of all gold ever mined
king tutankhamun's mask — 11 pounds of solid gold funeral object, discovered 1922