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From: Will Ford < la> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bee: "Ma t *MIEllin Subject: June 6th tidbits & quotes Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:30:27 +0000 The Royal Penthouse Suite at the President Wilson Hotel in Geneva is currently the most expensive hotel room in the world. Lucille Ball and Desi Amaz Jr appeared on the first cover of TV Guide. "People are only heroes when they can't do anything else." - Paul Claudel • On June 5, 1933, the United States went off the gold standard, a monetary system in which currency is backed by gold. The US had been on a gold standard since 1879 but bank failures during the Great Depression of the 1930s frightened the public into hoarding gold, making the policy untenable. • Due to its high value, most gold discovered throughout history is still in circulation. • 80% of the world's gold is still in the ground and 75% of all gold in circulation has been extracted since 1910. • Gold melts at 1064.43° centigrade. • It can conduct both heat and electricity and it never rusts. • One cubic foot of gold weighs half a ton. • The world's largest gold bar weighs 200 kg (440 lb). "You just have to decide what kind of man you want to grow up to be, Clark. Whoever that man is, he's going to change the world." - Jonathan Kent, Man of Steel EFTA00389464