Shitinmymouthmum t1_j2zdked wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Reply to comment by FatQuack in TIL that all the gold that has ever been mined in all of human history could fill about three Olympic-sized swimming pools. by westondeboer

Probably the association of goldsmith's or some shit.

FatQuack t1_j2zgod4 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:37 AM

If they said the amount of gold mined last year I would 100% accept that but I don't know how they estimate all the gold mined by ancient people like the Egyptians or the Inca.

zmz2 t1_j2zpx0x wrote on January 5, 2023 at 1:40 AM

The mining rate increased so much during the Industrial Revolution that the total gold mined in the millennia before probably fits in the margin of error for the estimate