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Are Olympic Gold Medals Really Made of Gold
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With the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi beginning, and the earning of medals has begun, an interesting question arises: Are Olympic gold medals actually made of pure gold? Trace runs down a history of the Olympic games and answers the question of what each medal is really made out of. • Read More: • What Are Olympic Medals Made Of? • http://entertainment.howstuffworks.co... • Back in the day -- way back in the day -- Olympic champions were crowned with wreaths of olive leaves following their victories. • Why Do Athletes Bite Their Medals? • http://www.slate.com/articles/news_an... • U.S. snowboarding champions Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler posed for pictures on Monday with their medals in their mouths. • What Are Olympic Medals Made Of? • http://chemistry.about.com/od/metalsa... • What do you think Olympic medals are made of? Are the gold medals really gold? • What's An Olympic Gold Medal Worth? • http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/18/news/... • Next week in London, athletes from around the world will go for the gold. But as it turns out, the Olympic gold medal is mostly made of silver. • Medals That Are Worth Almost Nothing: Raw Value Of Metals In A Bronze Totals Just £3 • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... • They are the largest ever in both size and weight. But some of the medals handed out at the London 2012 Olympics are actually worth less than £3. • London's Olympic Gold Medal Worth The Most In The History Of The Games • http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonyde... • It is the ultimate reward for the greatest sporting event on the planet. • Olympic Gold Medals Contain Only 1% Gold; Would Cost $25,000 If Pure • http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/olym... • The amount of gold in an Olympic gold medal has fallen to 1.34 percent, thanks to gold prices that recently peaked at $1,895 an ounce. • How The Sochi 2014 Olympic Medals Are Made • http://rbth.ru/multimedia/pictures/20... • The jewelry maker Adamas revealed the secrets to producing Olympic and Paralympic medals for the 2014 Olympics. • Watch More: • 5 Surprising Uses for Gold • • 5 Surprising Uses For Gold • TestTube Wild Card • http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-452-t... • How Gold Mining Works • • How Gold Mining Works • ____________________ • DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. • Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews • Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... • DNews on Twitter / dnews • Anthony Carboni on Twitter / acarboni • Laci Green on Twitter / gogreen18 • Trace Dominguez on Twitter / trace501 • DNews on Facebook / discoverynews • DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews • Discovery News http://discoverynews.com
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