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Useless white metal, nothing will ever come of it (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago (12 children)

So wait, the entire Roman empire existed before Europe had any idea what platinum was?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Correct! It's insane how recent some understandings of the world around us are.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Wait, so why did it become valuable overnight?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's an important ingredient in credit cards. Of course you have to invent credit cards first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I prefer my credit cards made with artificially scarce trash rocks, like diamonds, tyvm

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