stackyFACTSBillionaires rejoice: you can safely eat your wealth. Pure elemental gold is biologically inert, meaning it will completely ignore your digestive system and pass through your body completely unchanged. Chefs cynically put gold leaf on expensive steaks just so wealthy patrons can literally flush their money away later.
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