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How much gold is in the sewer from edible gold leaf? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/shittyasklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Do people pan the sewers for gold? Why not?

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[–] 11 points 1 day ago

None so far, but I’m still panning for it.

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    [–] 4 points 11 hours ago

    A shit-ton

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    [–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Likely about as much as a baby meerkat.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I don’t understand

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    I guess that’s an imperial measurement? In metric, baby meerkats weigh 25-35 g [1] and are about 6-8 cm long [2, 3]. Let’s say they’re roughly a cylinder 1.5x7 cm, so 12.3 cm3 or about 137 g of gold.

    So they either mean there’s as much gold as a baby meerkat weighs, 30 g give or take, or the equivalent baby meerkat volume, which would be 137 g-ish.

    I’m no expert on meerkats or sewers so I can’t help you there 🤷‍♂️

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    • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I think you're underestimating how incredibly thin gold leaf is. There's barely anything there.

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    • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago

    Enough to plate the Albert Hall!

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