How Gold Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2013

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Only 161,00 metric tons of gold has been mined in the entire history of the world. Considering about 85 percent of the precious mineral is recycled, there's a chance your jewelry may once have been part of an Incan headdress or Mycenaean face mask. Learn

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
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0:30.7	Brought to you by the 2012 Toyota Camry.
0:33.6	It's ready.
0:34.5	Are you?
0:36.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Housecraftworks.com.
0:46.3	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.8	I'm Josh Clark.
0:48.6	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:50.5	We're doing this again.
0:51.5	It's been a little while.
0:52.6	But it's still stuff you should know.
0:54.6	I thought the name had changed since we took our little Christmas break.
0:59.3	No, don't you remember our race to the patent office?
1:02.5	A trademark again?
1:03.5	The $11?
1:04.5	Yeah, that was a good one.
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