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Platinum is far rarer than gold

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Gold thinks it’s special, but it's incredibly common compared to platinum. If you poured all the platinum ever mined in human history into an Olympic-sized swimming pool, it would barely cover your ankles. Gold, on the other hand, would fill three entire pools. Stop letting gold take all the spotlight.

Platinum is far rarer than gold
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