Amazing Things You Never Knew About Our Oceans

The ocean is full of gold

The phrase ‘liquid gold’ was never so applicable. Believe it or not, every drop of ocean water contains a teeny-tiny bit of real gold. It’s such an inconsequential amount that you’re not going to get rich by scooping up seawater— there are about 13 billionths of a gram of gold in every liter of seawater.

But when you consider just how much ocean water there is on the entire planet, that does add up to a lot of gold. About 20 million tons of it, to be specific! Considering that that amount would be worth hundreds of trillions of dollars, the ocean’s hidden gold is truly an unattainable fortune.

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