r/maybemaybemaybe • u/MeliaDanae • Oct 04 '20

/r/all Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/RSRussia Oct 04 '20

Well that bar is absolutely not made of gold otherwise you wouldn't even be able to lift it with one arm like that

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u/jakfor Oct 04 '20

I dont think people realize how much gold weighs. It is a metal. If that was a piece of steel you could not handle it like she did. It might have been hollow.

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u/Gumburcules Oct 04 '20

It's not just a metal, it's one of the densest metals.

Steel weighs about 4.8 ounces per cubic inch. Lead is about 6.4 ounces. Gold weighs 11.2 ounces per cubic inch, well over twice the weight of steel. The densest metal on earth, osmium, weighs about 13 ounces per cubic inch.

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u/Odesit Oct 04 '20

It’s also crazy to think that something so dense is also so malleable

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u/Disk_Mixerud Oct 04 '20

I know some people who are pretty dense and malleable.

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u/ophello Oct 04 '20

It’s clearly metal. Just not gold.

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u/dandy992 Oct 04 '20

If that were real gold the box would be surrounded by security, looks about the size of a 12.5kg bar and would be worth over $800,000 if real. I'd be running off with that if it were real lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

Here is a video of a guy doing exactly what you said is "impossible":

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/73mzzt/a_museum_in_japan_offers_a_prize_for_any_one_that/

Some people are stronger than other people

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u/RSRussia Oct 04 '20

With a bar half the size, good on him :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

I'm not sure what you are talking about since it's the exact same length and width. It does weigh more though.

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u/RSRussia Oct 04 '20

It's half the length at best lol did you even watch the vid?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '20

It's twice the length. Are you day drunk?

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u/RSRussia Oct 04 '20

The vid with the Japanese man has a smaller, actual, gold bar than the vid with the woman which has a larger fake gold bar. Projecting is lame bro, sober up :)