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ShatterBong t1_j2yqelo wrote on January 4, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Reply to comment by BroodPlatypus in TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools. by westondeboer

They can get it down to 250 atoms thickness

mrjohns2 t1_j2zibvz wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:48 AM

Actually 2 atoms. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/08/06/world/thinnest-gold-scn/index.html

MarioInOntario t1_j2zs5v3 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 1:56 AM

Gold was so coveted people shaved it down to 2 atoms

The_Stockholm_Rhino t1_j31eug5 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 11:44 AM

Covfefe. Such a thin layer is called One Covfefe.