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1. The word "gold" comes from the Old English word "geolu," meaning yellow.
2. There is more steel created per hour than there has been gold dug up throughout history.
3. Around 161,000 tons of gold have been mined by humans.
4. Gold can be found beneath the earth on all seven continents.
5. It is believed that around 80% of earth's gold is still buried underground.
6. There is an estimated total of 10 billion tons of gold in the world's oceans. That is 25 tons of gold for every cubic mile of seawater.
