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You'd think the first clue would be that gold is 2.5x heavier by volume than steel and is 7x heavier than aluminum.
I did the math lower down:
Probably don't notice when you're using a forklift.
My math says that's 133 kg of gold. Not all that much. If you replaced the metal volume, the additional weight is approx 81 kg.
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A kg of gold is worth ~75,500.
You're saying a kg is worth $60 million.
reading that hurted my brain... just say denser 😣