TIL that the Earth's core contains enough gold and platinum that if extracted and poured onto the Earth's surface it would cover the entire Earth with a coating 0.45 m (1.5 feet) deep.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_core



Submitted March 05, 2015 at 02:44PM by k_r_i_s http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2y282p/til_that_the_earths_core_contains_enough_gold_and/