- Gold is the metallic element AU and is atomic #79.
- Most gold came from meteorites.
- There is an estimated 15,000 tons of gold in the oceans.
- 1 ounce of gold can be stretched 50 miles or beaten into a 300 square feet sheet.
- 1 cubic foot of gold weighs a half ton.
- All the gold in the world could be stored in 3.27 Olympic swimming pools.
