How did people discover gold?
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Did you know that if you took every single gold ring, pirate coin, and gold bar ever found in human history and melted it down, it would only fill three and a half Olympic swimming pools?! Join Mira and Finn on a sparkling adventure to discover the secrets of the world's most magical metal! Why did ancient people think gold was so special? Because it never rusts, tarnishes, or loses its beautiful shine! Travel back over 6,500 years to ancient Bulgaria, where a modern-day tractor driver accidentally dug up the oldest gold treasure ever found! Then, journey to the scorching deserts of Ancient Egypt to uncover King Tutankhamun's mind-blowing 22.5-pound solid gold death mask! The Ancient Egyptians even believed gold was literally the skin of the gods! But the craziest secret of all? Every piece of gold on Earth actually came from outer space! Billions of years ago, exploding stars called supernovas blasted gold dust across the galaxy that crash-landed on our planet! Get ready to explore hidden tombs, ancient mysteries, and exploding alien stars in this shiny episode of History's Not Boring!
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