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Degraded quality of Olympic bronze medal after a week (Nyjah Huston’s (USA Skateboarder)) (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 3 months ago (1 children)

*After reading the article*

Patina is one thing but the front chipping is nuts.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I keep seeing all the athletes biting them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

I have had $10 jewelery from K-Mart that never chipped no matter what abuse I put it through.

[–] AnyOldName3 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You can bite into lead. ~~You can't bite into gold, silver and bronze. That's why it used to be a test for fake coins. If the chips are bite marks, the metal's really low grade.~~ Biting into Gold and Silver is even easier.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You have it backwards. Gold is extremely malleable and you can easily leave marks in pure gold by biting it.

[–] AnyOldName3 1 points 3 months ago

Yep, I've since looked it up, and it's apparently the most malleable metal, with Silver coming second. To be fair, Lead is pretty malleable, too, and you can leave bite marks in it if you put it in your mouth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I believe gold is soft and will show bite marks?