Smugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine partswww.popsci.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: bitcoin@discuss.tchncs.de oleorun ( @oleorun@real.lemmy.fan ) M Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 months ago message-square11fedilinkarrow-up1200
arrow-up1200external-linkSmugglers melted and spray painted $10 million in gold to look like machine partswww.popsci.com oleorun ( @oleorun@real.lemmy.fan ) M Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 months ago message-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: bitcoin@discuss.tchncs.de
minus-square BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish16•7 months agoI did the math lower down: Probably don’t notice when you’re using a forklift. My math says that’s 133 kg of gold. Not all that much. If you replaced the metal volume, the additional weight is approx 81 kg.
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minus-square BarqsHasBite ( @someguy3@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoA kg of gold is worth ~75,500. You’re saying a kg is worth $60 million.
I did the math lower down:
Probably don’t notice when you’re using a forklift.
My math says that’s 133 kg of gold. Not all that much. If you replaced the metal volume, the additional weight is approx 81 kg.
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A kg of gold is worth ~75,500.
You’re saying a kg is worth $60 million.