Extracting Gold from Seawater - UI Podcast #017

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2008

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The true story of the 1897 invention of the "accumulator" that was designed to extract gold from the world's oceans. Also, find out about the significance of the death of Lt. Thomas Selfridge on September 17, 1908. Plus, learn about Campbell McCarthy's death row last meal request, Auguste Mosner's unique robbery technique, and a story from Bloomingburg, NY, where Francis Van Winkle sold his father's farm machinery. Retrosponsor: Goodyear Lifeguard Tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	Useless Information.
1:00.0	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the
1:03.7	Useless Information Podcast.
1:05.6	This next story extracting gold from seawater was released on
1:10.4	August 30th of 2008. That's just seven days after I got married. Now I thought
1:16.8	I knew what the story is about but I have to tell you after listening to the
1:19.9	recording for the first time in over 16 years, I was way off. I was thinking of a
1:26.0	completely different story. But now that I have listened to it, my memory has been
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