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Originally Posted by tranzformer
Alexander the Great took a crap load of gold from the Persians. I have read conflicting reports of how much it actually was. The highest I saw was a bit over 8,000 tons of gold he took from them. Do the math on that.
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* Assuming English long ton (1 ton = 2240 lb = 2240* 16 = 35840 ounces), not metric ton.
* 8000 tons = 8000 * 35840 ounce = 286,720,000 ounces
* this equals to 286,720,000 * 1700 = 487,424,000,000 = 487.424 billion USD, and that is a bit less than the market cap of
Google plus
Apple. Still cannot pay down the
debt that US owes, Damn it.
* oh, how many F-22 can you buy with 487.424 billion USD?