Why has gold been valued since the beginning mankind? Does it have any use outside of being pretty and tiny, or is it really just that humans really, really like things that are pretty and shiny? Find out how gold became the standard, and why humans have valued it since the beginning of humans - as well as how our technology has utilized this literal space-age material. It's gold, Jerry!
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