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  • We're INSIDE a Gold Bullion Vault.
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    The Bank of England protects about £197 billion ($315bn) worth of gold, according to the mostly recently published figures.
    Film by Brady Haran. Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff.
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @periodicvideos
    @periodicvideos  4 года назад +88

    These videos are made by Brady Haran - check out his "Unmade Podcast" here: bit.ly/UnmadePlaylist

    • @許進曾
      @許進曾 4 года назад +2

      Dont worry, the knowledge of science is priceless.

    • @kygo
      @kygo 4 года назад +5

      It's a great podcast guys! Check it out if you haven't already :)

    • @usm1le
      @usm1le 4 года назад +1

      my man commented on his own 7 year old video.

    • @ykzone8690
      @ykzone8690 3 года назад +2

      But u are best .......

    • @kristinapina845
      @kristinapina845 3 года назад +1

      Ye

  • @iNF4mOuSxMiKE
    @iNF4mOuSxMiKE 7 лет назад +2903

    There isn't any smell because metals don't smell, and it's very quiet because metals are quiet.

  • @tlpricescope7772
    @tlpricescope7772 5 лет назад +1414

    “Cash for gold” would give them $6.97 for all that gold.

    • @medic5258
      @medic5258 5 лет назад +33

      Eoah dude why so much overpay???

    • @grnLogic
      @grnLogic 5 лет назад +140

      Best I can do is $3.50 and a stick of gum, and I'm taking a huge risk here.

    • @THEBOSS-vn2ky
      @THEBOSS-vn2ky 4 года назад +8

      $000.50

    • @GerstBladeworks
      @GerstBladeworks 4 года назад +11

      Lol I don't know what people hate them for..I found a gold bracelet in a restaurant parking lot.. took it to cash for gold and got around 189 dollars American for it.

    • @zackhall2681
      @zackhall2681 4 года назад +10

      @@THEBOSS-vn2ky you do know 000.50 & 00.50 & 000000.50 are all the same amount right?

  • @adw6894
    @adw6894 3 года назад +101

    i like that room of gold looks so casual. Just like any warehouse of things.

    • @fostercathead
      @fostercathead 2 года назад +6

      It is just a "thing."

    • @bitterlemonboy
      @bitterlemonboy Год назад +1

      What else would it look like? It's a place to store Gold.

    • @joeljustjazzing
      @joeljustjazzing Год назад +1

      @@fostercathead we are simply just concious "things"

    • @NimLKa
      @NimLKa Год назад

      They should return it back to India

  • @darmokjalad5737
    @darmokjalad5737 5 лет назад +838

    For so much gold you think they would stack the bars in a consistent pattern. Smh

    • @sortof3337
      @sortof3337 5 лет назад +41

      I know. SMH. That's more than 10$ worth of gold.

    • @Asdayasman
      @Asdayasman 5 лет назад +17

      Not paid enough.

    • @Asdayasman
      @Asdayasman 5 лет назад +4

      Magister R'yleth Average worker makes £3m over their lifetime, apparently.

    • @jonmeaders8633
      @jonmeaders8633 5 лет назад +10

      Lol yes. Is a bit unorganized but... and just speculating here... but as the bars they showed were heavy and varying size/weight, probably dedicate a certain amount of shelf space to a certain weight moreso than stacking them up nicely when they may not even be the same size or shape.

    • @Zeekiel
      @Zeekiel 4 года назад +1

      Darmok Jalad
      Lol

  • @PsychoSpider
    @PsychoSpider 7 лет назад +1359

    Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that this man's first words in the video wasn't "WOAH CHECK OUT ALL GOLD! I'D LIVE LIKE A KING WITH THIS!" It was along the lines of "It's a shame we can't use this vast quantity of an interesting element for scientific purposes." ......A true scientist. Well done.

    • @shh11111
      @shh11111 6 лет назад +139

      that is the very reason he is inside that vault and we are not

    • @geologist_luna
      @geologist_luna 6 лет назад +74

      He is a true scientist. He does not see the value as what he could buy, but what could be accomplished.

    • @austinerickson6741
      @austinerickson6741 6 лет назад +8

      PsychoSpider
      A lt of us would at least grab a coule before we go.

    • @austinerickson6741
      @austinerickson6741 6 лет назад +2

      Not a bank robber man.

    • @lancewhitchurch512
      @lancewhitchurch512 6 лет назад +3

      ش حسين 😄👍

  • @jonny828828
    @jonny828828 8 лет назад +308

    I would break into there just to organize the bars

    • @1zeldalover
      @1zeldalover 5 лет назад +1

      random-stuff Na just to stack em.

    • @sinto6645
      @sinto6645 5 лет назад +9

      Ill make a gold bar brick wall.

    • @clobbyhops
      @clobbyhops 5 лет назад +1

      🤣🤣, you need help?

    • @MrMuddybike
      @MrMuddybike 5 лет назад +2

      yep love to use it as Lego

    • @craigyoung2261
      @craigyoung2261 5 лет назад +1

      Built a gold box Fort

  • @iamfishious
    @iamfishious 9 лет назад +1898

    I can't decide which is more amazing--the insane amount of gold or home boy's hair.

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  9 лет назад +312

      P. Brady Fish you don't have to choose between the two

    • @teagansmith3326
      @teagansmith3326 9 лет назад +6

      theyre both totally awesome, and for the same reason

    • @barriewright2857
      @barriewright2857 9 лет назад

      Yes too that. he must have try ed, to put one bar at least down his pants . After all, of the checks.

    • @krustykraken9331
      @krustykraken9331 9 лет назад +12

      +Teagan Smith
      ...they're... both worth a lot of money?
      ...
      Be right back. *grabs electric razor*

    • @harryalsouelises8758
      @harryalsouelises8758 8 лет назад +1

      +Krusty Kraken share some hair with me?

  • @Mr.JaysBigAdventure
    @Mr.JaysBigAdventure 4 года назад +517

    “I’ve never seen so much of any element”
    Nitrogen-“am I just a joke to you?”

    • @NiGGaZtcz
      @NiGGaZtcz 4 года назад +118

      can you see nitrogen? interesting

    • @TheJuanito1123
      @TheJuanito1123 4 года назад +18

      I dare you to collect tons of nitrogen in tank and look at it and say "ahh all the nitrogen i collected, I've never seen so much of any element"

    • @neuron2912
      @neuron2912 4 года назад +2

      @@NiGGaZtcz well you can see liquid nitrogen, but the gas form of course that's a different story

    • @AbsolutelyRedundant
      @AbsolutelyRedundant 4 года назад

      Metal

    • @franchufranchu119
      @franchufranchu119 4 года назад +2

      @@NiGGaZtcz Look at the sky

  • @knobtwista
    @knobtwista 10 лет назад +605

    "If he was worth his weight in gold..."
    People like him, with great knowladge, are worth far more for the human race.

    • @CyberMonkey03
      @CyberMonkey03 10 лет назад +16

      Well said.

    • @Colestercamps
      @Colestercamps 9 лет назад +18

      I'd still take a brick of gold over him to be honest haha

    • @Colestercamps
      @Colestercamps 9 лет назад +1

      Virtualgod2009 ya hes worthless to me haha

    • @knobtwista
      @knobtwista 9 лет назад +8

      Colestercamps Virender Sehwag Yes. You guys as individuals would, but what I implied was that I think that he is worth more for the human race than the 75kg of gold in that room that he would represent (assuming he was worth his weight in gold). Clarification: Having gold equal to his weight in that room, or having him research topics like chemistry for the 40 or whatever years he has done so?

    • @knobtwista
      @knobtwista 9 лет назад +14

      Colestercamps Now you're being an asshat about it. What are you even trying to imply? Never mind, don't answer, I've had enough of you.

  • @ohioguy727
    @ohioguy727 8 лет назад +1994

    He couldve walked out with at least 3 bars in his hair and noone wouldve ever known...

    • @freddykrueger5503
      @freddykrueger5503 8 лет назад +80

      +CantonOhio 330 I would not be surprised if he stashed a couple of bars in his hair.

    • @mynameisnotimportant2854
      @mynameisnotimportant2854 8 лет назад +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @imirish4702
      @imirish4702 8 лет назад +72

      +CantonOhio 330 considering each bar weights 13kg. All security had to do is get him to step on a weight scale before leaving...

    • @Engineer9736
      @Engineer9736 8 лет назад +32

      Sigh @ all the serious reactions, he is just making a joke about the professor his hair.

    • @sixstringlove8242
      @sixstringlove8242 8 лет назад +14

      Damn dude, the guy just made an offhand joke about the guys hair, and you go all serious on him. Chill out man. Do you know how?

  • @tac540
    @tac540 8 лет назад +1769

    I wonder if they searched his hair before leaving.

    • @strathmann2007
      @strathmann2007 8 лет назад +14

      Haha 😂😂😂

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike 8 лет назад

      +Zoltán Marosi pls

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike 8 лет назад +4

      Probably has metal detectors

    • @nymetswinws
      @nymetswinws 8 лет назад +56

      I assume they weigh you very accurately before you go in and after you leave.

    • @nymetswinws
      @nymetswinws 8 лет назад +38

      Well I suppose it is fine to leave lighter than you entered. It is if you magically gain weight in a bank they'd be suspicious.

  • @stamx_
    @stamx_ 4 года назад +297

    "For those of you that use imperial units, thats two stone."
    Now I get it

    • @pbj4184
      @pbj4184 4 года назад +4

      Steins;Gate is the best

    • @Manudyne
      @Manudyne 4 года назад +2

      KURISUTINA

    • @CoinKid
      @CoinKid 3 года назад

      Well you can see nitrogen but I mean have they ever been to an ocean?

  • @luise.mercadorojas9305
    @luise.mercadorojas9305 8 лет назад +140

    Now the oldest gold bar has been there for an exact century.
    Happy centenary Goldie Bar!

  • @dangerouskindmexico
    @dangerouskindmexico 8 лет назад +90

    I absolutely adore how he sees all that gold not as something with monetary value, but rather from a a quite interesting chemical point of view. We need more people like this, guys. People passionate about science and not greedy.

  • @HiTechAddict
    @HiTechAddict 9 лет назад +59

    I could not control myself in there.

    • @2bitmarketanarchist337
      @2bitmarketanarchist337 9 лет назад +7

      Just one of those is enormously heavy. Their best security feature is the weight of the gold itself

    • @2bitmarketanarchist337
      @2bitmarketanarchist337 9 лет назад +1

      ***** but could you fight off the armed guards while carrying that weight? There's no way a place like this *doesn't* have armed guards

    • @GraveUypo
      @GraveUypo 9 лет назад +1

      2bit MarketAnarchist
      okay if we're going with a realistic scenario i'd bring a cart for the gold bars and i wouldn't be alone. and also i would never get inside in the first place.

    • @2bitmarketanarchist337
      @2bitmarketanarchist337 9 лет назад

      ***** but let's not be that realistic :-)

    • @bobbyxan111
      @bobbyxan111 9 лет назад

      2bit MarketAnarchist have you finished GTA5? do it that way xD

  • @wordreet
    @wordreet 5 лет назад +20

    My dear Professor Poliakoff, I', entirely certain that everyone who watched these videos will agree that you are worth so much more to us than your weight in gold, believe me. These enthusiastic periodic videos are invaluable!

  • @ppetrnosek
    @ppetrnosek 10 лет назад +52

    it is sad to see a room that is worth more than the country i am from

  • @SsSs-wg9ct
    @SsSs-wg9ct 7 лет назад +232

    I respect this man more than gold.

    • @stenky02
      @stenky02 7 лет назад +18

      Ss Ss you should... the gold and money are worth nothing without people... money is just a paper and gold is just another element worth nothing to other animals... It is humans that made gold what it is...

    • @sinto6645
      @sinto6645 5 лет назад +3

      @@stenky02 Global warming, pollution, animal abuse, drug abuse, alcoholics, rapists, murderers, cannibals, overpopulation, scams, illegal pornography, arsonists, terrorists, kul klox klan, ISIS, corrupt politicians, greedy people and etc.
      That's the gold?
      Nothing is perfect.
      No one is perfect.

  • @stevenl4034
    @stevenl4034 9 лет назад +334

    While no one was looking, he was able to snatch one and hide it in his hair. To this day no one knows the mystery of the missing gold bar. Now you know.

    • @JohnDoe-on5rr
      @JohnDoe-on5rr 9 лет назад +50

      He was preparing his whole life for that day,

    • @artski09
      @artski09 9 лет назад +17

      that would hurt your neck really bad :(

    • @thebookofjoy
      @thebookofjoy 9 лет назад +20

      Hircine I wouldn't mind a hurt neck for 400k pounds!

    • @stachestar
      @stachestar 9 лет назад +1

      Genius...

  • @lucyoriginales
    @lucyoriginales 5 лет назад +39

    “It could be doing exciting reactions...” omg! I love that professor

    • @underhill918gaming5
      @underhill918gaming5 4 года назад +2

      He's a true scientist, not caught by simple monetary value.

    • @maximilianbosch4284
      @maximilianbosch4284 3 года назад +1

      He might be able to smuggle out one of those bars in his hair.

    • @NimLKa
      @NimLKa Год назад

      ​@underhill918gaming5 he's too old

  • @xZippy
    @xZippy 8 лет назад +437

    Sadly, those bars won't make very durable mining tools. They can make some wicked powered rails though.

    • @GarethPW
      @GarethPW 8 лет назад +12

      +Miguelin Chavarria They do.

    • @kamuy_1337
      @kamuy_1337 8 лет назад +13

      Minecraft confirmed!

    • @nickkan9486
      @nickkan9486 8 лет назад

      +Miguelin Chavarria ever seen an electric subway?
      they usually use powered rails

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 8 лет назад +9

      +Miguelin Chavarria Don't pee on the third rail!

    • @ridheesh4765
      @ridheesh4765 8 лет назад

      +nick Kan they are powered from the top not the bottom...

  • @MichaelMoore99
    @MichaelMoore99 8 лет назад +434

    My OCD is going off that the bars are arranged seemingly haphazardly. I want to break into that room, not to steal anything, but to just spend some time fixing the bar alignment.

  • @RobGilmore
    @RobGilmore 10 лет назад +76

    Wow if I was in that room my hair would look like that too.

  • @gab10181
    @gab10181 4 года назад +79

    "and for those who use imperial units, that's two stone"
    what a legend

  • @finesseandstyle
    @finesseandstyle 8 лет назад +618

    Sweet! All that gold could almost pay my student debt.

    • @Embracesuck
      @Embracesuck 8 лет назад +3

      SAME

    • @PrinceOfOpinion
      @PrinceOfOpinion 8 лет назад +2

      XD

    • @Tre-fb1zz
      @Tre-fb1zz 8 лет назад +2

      i can relate lol

    • @finesseandstyle
      @finesseandstyle 7 лет назад +27

      OldSoulPortal It's an american joke, A lot of colleges in US have a ridiculous fee you have to pay to get in.
      I'm personally not american, it's just something I found funny on reddit and decided to post here since a lot of people are.

    • @frozenprakash
      @frozenprakash 7 лет назад +9

      All that gold :|
      may be a couple of bars will do.

  • @OriginalMykola
    @OriginalMykola 8 лет назад +109

    They should use one of those gold bars to invest in some fancy shelves.

  • @amistry605
    @amistry605 5 лет назад +254

    The stacking of that gold got my OCD going crazy

    • @bartvanloo3261
      @bartvanloo3261 5 лет назад +20

      You dont even have OCD

    • @TheDeadMeme27
      @TheDeadMeme27 5 лет назад +14

      @@bartvanloo3261 stop he is just joking. and how do you know he doesn't have OCD?

    • @amistry605
      @amistry605 5 лет назад +1

      @@bartvanloo3261 wat?

    • @amistry605
      @amistry605 5 лет назад +7

      @@TheDeadMeme27 yea, its actually pretty bad lol

    • @jamesyeung3286
      @jamesyeung3286 4 года назад +5

      @@amistry605 please stop misusing the term ocd

  • @soulassassin0g
    @soulassassin0g 6 лет назад +538

    A common man sees economic value in Gold, a scientist sees the gold as a precious element.

    • @mikerodriguez6003
      @mikerodriguez6003 4 года назад +9

      soulassassin0g what does a hair dresser see ??

    • @tuffguy8656
      @tuffguy8656 4 года назад +8

      @@mikerodriguez6003 golden opportunity :)

    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 4 года назад +13

      @@mikerodriguez6003 Goldilocks?

    • @aspiknf
      @aspiknf 4 года назад +1

      Gold is just a metal, nothing special or precious about it? rarity? who cares?

    • @england6317
      @england6317 4 года назад

      I wouldnt say a common man I'd say a smart man lol

  • @Brionatic
    @Brionatic 10 лет назад +565

    This guy looks like science

    • @thelegend2645
      @thelegend2645 6 лет назад +8

      If you look up the word science in the dictionary you see a picture of him next to it.

    • @camkraw893
      @camkraw893 6 лет назад +1

      ROFL this made me laugh irl and had to let you know, thank you

    • @fortniteanchillicanaffordn621
      @fortniteanchillicanaffordn621 6 лет назад

      Old and useless???

    • @denizbluemusic
      @denizbluemusic 6 лет назад +2

      >science
      >useless

    • @bptjoe4654
      @bptjoe4654 6 лет назад +1

      Albert Einstein's brother you ain't know?

  • @BL00DSETTAKINOVA
    @BL00DSETTAKINOVA 10 лет назад +138

    once you get in that room i bet the first thing that goes through your mind is how can i get one of these out of here^^

  • @elcuhhh8761
    @elcuhhh8761 4 года назад +41

    Mr krabs would go crazy in there

  • @bbbbburton
    @bbbbburton 10 лет назад +19

    subbed just for the hair.

  • @MrBunnyIcecream
    @MrBunnyIcecream 10 лет назад +63

    If i was a "jumper" , i wud wipe this place clean.

    • @sonjoydebnath8693
      @sonjoydebnath8693 6 лет назад

      Emer Gencyexitsonly थैंक यू धन्यवाद थैंक यू

  • @jasonpatowsky6929
    @jasonpatowsky6929 9 лет назад +104

    Thorin's gonna get crazy about this.

    • @techstyle123
      @techstyle123 9 лет назад +11

      Smaug would be wrapped around them shelving units with one eye open.....this guy has got gold fever

  • @Zviick
    @Zviick 5 лет назад +498

    "I've never seen so much of any element"
    Oxygen: Am I a joke to you?

    • @Zviick
      @Zviick 5 лет назад +82

      @John F ok boomer I guess jokes are illegal now

    • @connorbuchanan9508
      @connorbuchanan9508 5 лет назад +13

      Actually, if you stand on top of the tallest of mountains, or look out the highest of planes, I'm sure you can see tons of oxygen. Maybe tons of carbon as well. It'll be spread out of course.

    • @thespelsheepington6664
      @thespelsheepington6664 5 лет назад +53

      Nitrogen: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

    • @connorbuchanan9508
      @connorbuchanan9508 5 лет назад +5

      @@thespelsheepington6664 Nobody cares for Nitrogen.

    • @steampxnk2037
      @steampxnk2037 4 года назад +15

      Actually, we can't see oxygen in the air because it's a gas! (dramatic music royalty-free sfx)

  • @Bluffle
    @Bluffle 9 лет назад +33

    Rockstar Games would made the final Heist in GTA V much better with this instead of "Union Depository" xD

  • @joekenyon1599
    @joekenyon1599 8 лет назад +308

    that's gotta be at least 7$ worth of gold...

  • @kazoowhale6727
    @kazoowhale6727 7 лет назад +102

    What if it isn't gold, and is extremely dense and hard chocolate?

  • @alyiashammer5243
    @alyiashammer5243 4 года назад +9

    Man :brings all the gold bars in that vault to gold and silver pawn shop
    Rick: " the best I can do is $5 I'm taking a huge risk here"

  • @HAJIMEDJ
    @HAJIMEDJ 8 лет назад +112

    "It could be doing exciting reactions", only a true chemist can utter those words when talking about a precious metal.

  • @DeepByteDigger
    @DeepByteDigger 7 лет назад +269

    That feeling when you leave that room without even taking one.

  • @stephencech3696
    @stephencech3696 9 лет назад +8

    I'm from South Africa, and when we visited the gold mines there, there was a lecture all about gold and they had a single gold bullion on the table. The guy said that if you can lift the bar with just your fingers, you can have it. Everyone tried including me, and it just was not possible. Those bars you see are intensely heavy

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet Год назад

      there are a lot of viral videos about tungsten cubes on the internet. density wise, gold is basically softer, malleable, and yellow tungsten. if one ever watches one of those videos, dropping a golden cube would basically have the same effect (but it would probably damage the gold a bit)

  • @ricecake1228
    @ricecake1228 4 года назад +23

    That guy's strong lifting those gold bar at this age!

  • @IoEstasCedonta
    @IoEstasCedonta 9 лет назад +53

    All I can think is what would happen if someone were trapped inside a vault like that in an earthquake...

    • @loganlafoe7616
      @loganlafoe7616 8 лет назад +10

      I would build a fort out of the gold. A really big one too, And when somebody found me I would say, (welcome to my money kingdom!!) steal it and I'll throw these at you.

    • @vinofiloblado1618
      @vinofiloblado1618 8 лет назад

      +Logan Lafoe During an earthquake? And have the most unstable roof ever made out of heavy gold bars? Or is it a really crappy fort without a roof?

    • @amritpalsingh517
      @amritpalsingh517 8 лет назад +11

      +IoEstasCedonta
      I don't think an earthquake will do much to a vault that strong. As long as you stay away from the falling shelves and blocks of gold, you will be quite safe!! And considering the value of the gold in there, you will be rescued pretty soon when the authorities come by to have a check to make sure the gold is safe.

    • @raver4lyfe16
      @raver4lyfe16 8 лет назад +3

      England doesn't have earth quakes apart from very small after shocks from earth quakes far away if their large enough

    • @MirageJudge
      @MirageJudge 8 лет назад

      jeez I'll just die in there, when I need food and water better..

  • @sheeky_
    @sheeky_ 9 лет назад +40

    Look at 3:28, the cameraman has stolen a bar of gold in his pocket

    • @Agustx0
      @Agustx0 9 лет назад

      lol

    • @Agustx0
      @Agustx0 9 лет назад

      Pricop George u wot m8

    • @dannyundos8927
      @dannyundos8927 9 лет назад +2

      The Gixxerman The gold ingot is so heavy, so it could tear off his pocket.

    • @Agustx0
      @Agustx0 9 лет назад

      ***** ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @TheMrMeff
      @TheMrMeff 9 лет назад +3

      The Gixxerman Thats not a gold bar. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 6 лет назад +16

    4:27 "...rather miserable loaf of bread, but pretty fantastic lump of gold"
    sounds like something said by the Discworld dwarves

  • @jdevolanyc
    @jdevolanyc 8 лет назад +40

    Those are some hella strong shelving units. I guess they're not IKEA?

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 5 лет назад

      Those are METAL shelves

  • @foreverofthestars4718
    @foreverofthestars4718 8 лет назад +284

    I don't know why but when I see a gold ingot I get the urge to bite it

  • @ToastiLP
    @ToastiLP 8 лет назад +22

    I think solid gold has a beautiful color, I love it

    • @OghamTheBold
      @OghamTheBold 8 лет назад +2

      SS (Solid Silliness) - you can't see - color inside - a few atoms on outside - same effect

  • @XxCreateFlowxX
    @XxCreateFlowxX 3 года назад +5

    Those are the strongest shelves I've ever seen

  • @teamfortresspewp6453
    @teamfortresspewp6453 9 лет назад +572

    "I've never seen so much of an element"
    Oh, if only you could see the nitrogen in the air...

    • @somefool6409
      @somefool6409 9 лет назад +13

      Or the carbon in a burnt forest

    • @jollee9765
      @jollee9765 8 лет назад +53

      Nitrogen in air is N2 which is NOT an element.. Gold stays as Au lol

    • @somefool6409
      @somefool6409 8 лет назад +3

      Joonghyun Lee Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule and only exists purely as N2. It's not in a compound with any other elements in that state

    • @LeafShade
      @LeafShade 8 лет назад +2

      +MAD “SKRILLABOYZ” SKRILLA He may simply mean a pure element, which would be believable.

    • @1Guggaburggi
      @1Guggaburggi 8 лет назад +5

      +Team Fortress Poo There isnt actually that much of air surrounding him. All the air or nitrogen in the room still weights much less than the gold stored there.

  • @techmantra4521
    @techmantra4521 8 лет назад +120

    I'm slowly coming up with a plot that involves three British mini's and a bus... Watch this space.

    • @SirNerrad
      @SirNerrad 8 лет назад +5

      funny movie. loved the ending.

    • @expressrobkill
      @expressrobkill 7 лет назад +6

      and the car breaks down cos its to damn heavy.

    • @terryjav1
      @terryjav1 7 лет назад

      SirNerrad
      what money?

  • @enzocaballero5550
    @enzocaballero5550 7 лет назад +84

    I watch these videos periodically

    • @Jack251190
      @Jack251190 5 лет назад

      63 likes, well i didn't expect much of a reaction anyway...

    • @Zayka-u5b
      @Zayka-u5b 5 лет назад

      Sweet

    • @thethirties3319
      @thethirties3319 5 лет назад

      This comment make me React

  • @Tearr
    @Tearr 5 лет назад +21

    1st thing when he sees this much Aureum: Think of the reactions we can do!

  • @PaulaDeenyoutubeyall
    @PaulaDeenyoutubeyall 9 лет назад +33

    Looks like my butter vault.

    • @loganmyers8593
      @loganmyers8593 9 лет назад +5

      Or the fat on you

    • @PaulaDeenyoutubeyall
      @PaulaDeenyoutubeyall 9 лет назад +13

      logan myers that's more curvy and sexy looking, not giant sticks of golden fat

  • @quickminutetv4170
    @quickminutetv4170 6 лет назад +12

    That’s really clever with the serial numbers. “I’ll sell you some gold, but you have to keep it at my house”

  • @AnUndivine
    @AnUndivine 9 лет назад +197

    My OCD is going crazy at all the upside down gold bars.

    • @Valsorayu
      @Valsorayu 9 лет назад +3

      AnUndivine it's one of the protective measures

    • @Joecgml
      @Joecgml 9 лет назад +2

      Valsoray Gaming How?

    • @Valsorayu
      @Valsorayu 9 лет назад +78

      Joecgml to make the ocd people run away

    • @williamteasley1114
      @williamteasley1114 9 лет назад

      YES

    • @sacr3
      @sacr3 9 лет назад +20

      AnUndivine Don't misuse that word bud, OCD is a serious condition that hampers peoples lives drastically.
      What you have is called "normal". Humans like Symmetry, we like clean dishes, we like when things match, etc.
      That is normal, that isn't OCD. OCD is more like "omg I have to tap the floor 3 times with my foot then turn on the tap for 5 seconds to make sure things are ok!"
      And repeating that and other compulsive behaviours or else "bad" things will happen.
      And on top of that, these folk REALLY want to do it, they'll get up, push someone out of the way to do it. They'll break into a sweat, become irritable if they can't.

  • @LabRat10101
    @LabRat10101 3 года назад +1

    The question you should ask is who buildt the stands holding the gold bars?. Those are very solid.

  • @thrakerzad5874
    @thrakerzad5874 8 лет назад +37

    jeeze thowe shelves are strong

    • @TheDragonsBastille
      @TheDragonsBastille 6 лет назад +2

      Its also about weight displacement. They may carry a tonne each, but the bars are spread out across each shelf, so that the actual weight stress is no where near a tonne.

  • @GloriousRed1
    @GloriousRed1 11 лет назад +8

    Wonder how many man crew you would need to rob the bank of england would be the best bank robber of all time lol

  • @MadMarcusProductionz
    @MadMarcusProductionz 9 лет назад +82

    The UK only has 310 tonnes of gold... The U.S. has 8,133.5... Wow... I would pay 200 dollars just to walk through the U.S.'s gold rooms in utter amazement.

    • @InsulaPecuniae
      @InsulaPecuniae 9 лет назад +52

      Except here in the U.S. even the owners of the gold aren't allowed to see it, just ask Germany :p

    • @VideoGameChimp5
      @VideoGameChimp5 9 лет назад +18

      You couldn't pay a million to see it. Its all in fort knox

    • @pdes_
      @pdes_ 9 лет назад

      MadMarcusProductionz try going into the most heavily defended vault. ever.

    • @connorskudlarek3119
      @connorskudlarek3119 9 лет назад +9

      +VideoGameChimp5 I believe most of the gold in the US is in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.

    • @DelkorYT
      @DelkorYT 9 лет назад +24

      +Connor Skudlarek I believe most of the gold of the US is in China

  • @ianmorin9824
    @ianmorin9824 4 года назад +7

    Thanks RUclips for showing me a video I’ve seen a few times.. but I guess I’ll just watch it again.

  • @CatacombsBC
    @CatacombsBC 9 лет назад +4

    well, you know this guy is serious about science when he's in a vault of gold, and is more amazed at the fact of it being an element than how much it's worth

  • @gIozeII1
    @gIozeII1 9 лет назад +58

    i wonder how many hours of slavery went into gathering up that gold

    • @def_not_dan
      @def_not_dan 9 лет назад +6

      very little, that's what makes it a false sense.

    • @c0zzar0ner0
      @c0zzar0ner0 9 лет назад +1

      ***** That's what's called "WORK" ... which is Eiffel Tower and White House workers (and every gold-miner or whatever) are payed for doing that. Slavery is another and different way of getting jobs done.

    • @dhruvchawla5476
      @dhruvchawla5476 7 лет назад

      LordKellthe1st does nothing

  • @iluvhotblondes
    @iluvhotblondes 11 лет назад +10

    i'd rather have 10,lbs of lobster, (smoked / dried) 1million bullets, 750,000 bottles of cabernet sauvignon, 100,000 head wagyu beef, 2,000,000 mill acres of iowa / washington/ oregon farmland.

  • @sirgooogen
    @sirgooogen 7 лет назад +22

    5:34 diversion achieved, window small. Now or never!

  • @dustoff85
    @dustoff85 8 лет назад +7

    Professor you are amazing, I really enjoy all of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to publish the videos sir!!

  • @eamh2002
    @eamh2002 10 лет назад +20

    Imagine the work if an earthquake tipped the shelves over :D

  • @JerryDLTN
    @JerryDLTN 4 года назад +4

    The gold room of the US Federal Reserve in NY had bars of gold stacked from the floor to the ceiling and locked in lockers labeled with each country's name (that stored their gold there).
    I went there on a field trip in college but not sure if they give tours to just anyone.

  • @10191927
    @10191927 9 лет назад +8

    That is truly a beautiful sight to behold, to see an entire countries worth inside a vault physically represented. That is really amazing.

    • @bayushizero
      @bayushizero 9 лет назад +1

      +Marth That isn't the only gold vault in England. That's but one bank's worth.

    • @10191927
      @10191927 9 лет назад

      +bayushizero Although I'm sure that bank in England probably contains a larger amount compared to some of the other banks. But it's also really amazing some of that gold is a hundred years old, it's like that gold is a piece of history. Through two world wars, Vietnam, Cold War, and so many other events, but that gold has been through it all. If only it could talk.

    • @zaneabrams7110
      @zaneabrams7110 8 лет назад +2

      +Marth would be great except that it's been holed up in a boring vault for a lot of its life

    • @mrdylanwintle
      @mrdylanwintle 8 лет назад

      I'm feeling sort of like the possession of the ring from LOTR.. I just want to curl upx surround myself in the gold and lie in it for a while.

  • @likeastarbaby
    @likeastarbaby 10 лет назад +9

    One shelf is £35 million??? I genuinely did not think gold was worth that much

    • @EvenWaysMusic
      @EvenWaysMusic 10 лет назад

      And the whole room around £200 Billion! Jeeez

    • @windows8blowz
      @windows8blowz 10 лет назад +2

      likeastarbaby I genuinely think you're an idiot. Gold is real money not some fucking fiat bank note.

    • @likeastarbaby
      @likeastarbaby 10 лет назад +2

      zack zac what the fuck? actually my parents had shares in gold and i got the impression that it wasn't worth a lot. why don't you fuck off.

    • @Andreas16375
      @Andreas16375 10 лет назад +2

      Yeah it's sick.. Each bar is worth around 300,000-400,000£

    • @likeastarbaby
      @likeastarbaby 10 лет назад

      Aphexis i only learned yesterday that apparently all the gold we've ever mined would only fill 5 olympic sized swimming pools - thats mad! it feels like gold is everywhere but it really is scarce on the global scale!

  • @raamannair4272
    @raamannair4272 10 лет назад +8

    Epic afro professor, very useful in smuggling one of those bar out...

  • @SvdT
    @SvdT 3 года назад +2

    ''You could buy two nice houses from a block like this''.
    2021 enters the chat

  • @jeffreyrichardson
    @jeffreyrichardson 6 лет назад +19

    Imagine the strength of the vaults floor and shelving system!!

  • @Lugmillord
    @Lugmillord 7 лет назад +10

    "That's disappointing. I thought I was worth more."
    I love this dry humor :)

  • @YIYJust
    @YIYJust 8 лет назад +175

    This Vault is a Job for the Payday Gang

    • @dannyboiiidead
      @dannyboiiidead 8 лет назад +7

      Imaging robbing just a shelf of this gold you would be set for life

    • @gamagosh11
      @gamagosh11 8 лет назад +4

      dannyboiiidead just 10 of em and youd be set for life

    • @badboys5612
      @badboys5612 8 лет назад +3

      This reminds me of the over drill Easter egg more like it.

    • @cassandragould7748
      @cassandragould7748 8 лет назад +3

      +Mehmet Özbolat I'll be okay with one lol I don't need much to live.

    • @davidpham4709
      @davidpham4709 8 лет назад +10

      Guys. The thermal drill. Go get it.

  • @tac540
    @tac540 8 лет назад +53

    At 4:38 it would of been awesome if he picked it up and started running

  • @Ryno_YT
    @Ryno_YT 9 лет назад +19

    To be honest I'd literally break in there to just turn the upside down bars the correct way.

  • @fbi7267
    @fbi7267 7 лет назад +77

    bill gates would find this vault down the side of his sofa

    • @88luda88
      @88luda88 5 лет назад +15

      This little vault actually holds +3x the worth of Bill Gates entire net.

    • @sortsvane
      @sortsvane 5 лет назад +2

      @@88luda88 sArCaSm

    • @pauldavis5665
      @pauldavis5665 4 года назад

      Bill Gates doesn't have this much money though.

  • @norco720
    @norco720 4 года назад +12

    New drinking game : take a shot everytime he say gold

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 4 года назад +116

    It’s painful to see so much riches and not having any
    Au

    • @Polivart
      @Polivart 4 года назад +3

      Seeing all that wealth hoarded and stored away

    • @cm01
      @cm01 3 года назад +1

      @@Polivart that's a bank's job

    • @DoiInthanon1897
      @DoiInthanon1897 3 года назад +1

      Nice, see what you did there

    • @christopherpape4823
      @christopherpape4823 3 года назад

      It's crazy being given even one of those bricks would be life changing to so many people.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 3 года назад

      111 likes.

  • @npa2468
    @npa2468 3 года назад +1

    The color and energy of pure gold is amazing. The only metal that can super conduct at room temperature. Cover it in acid and its still right there looking at you. Will not corrode after a million years.

  • @ajaaiprannav9033
    @ajaaiprannav9033 4 года назад +56

    He took 0.325 oz of gold in his hair 😂

    • @patw.6567
      @patw.6567 3 года назад +1

      thats why he goes to these metal refineries you're exposing his secret

  • @ericcartman528
    @ericcartman528 10 лет назад +8

    58 billion and 1 million dollars worth of gold. If this place ever got cleaned out i bet every jewelry shop would stop buying gold and assume it's all stolen.

  • @q3itachyon209
    @q3itachyon209 8 лет назад +21

    I like his hair more than those gold bars

  • @tigervalley62
    @tigervalley62 4 года назад

    I love gold man. My great grandpa was a runaway boy from a prestigious nobel family in Portugal. He had this gold necklace around his neck with his enitials on it for his entire life, which now a family heirloom passed down to the oldest son of every generation. First son, first grandson etc. I so happened to be the inheritor of the necklace and it is now the most precious thing I own. Gold is a wondrous material... So beautiful and so valuable. One of my goals in life is to have my family crest inbeded in a signat ring, to make a new heirloom for my future family to remember me by.

  • @reesercliff
    @reesercliff 9 лет назад +481

    This is disgusting, starving children in Africa could of eaten that gold.

    • @dyingangelo
      @dyingangelo 9 лет назад +26

      Cliff Reeser shitting gold bricks

    • @JuanDVene
      @JuanDVene 9 лет назад +32

      Cliff Reeser *could've

    • @adamwhite4247
      @adamwhite4247 9 лет назад +9

      Africa can grow their own food

    • @squishyplums2415
      @squishyplums2415 9 лет назад +13

      Adam White Africa can grow their own gold

    • @不全
      @不全 9 лет назад +12

      +Ruckus Feldmann no no. gold is not very reactive. so you could eat it over and over and over and over again

  • @Predator000099
    @Predator000099 10 лет назад +8

    how do i get a job cleaning those shelves? I bet they do get quite dusty after a while...

  • @davedumas0
    @davedumas0 8 лет назад +11

    1 billion seconds = 32 YEARS

  • @thatunknowndoot
    @thatunknowndoot 4 года назад +30

    “I’ve never seen so much of any element”
    Carbon, oxygen and nitrogen: am I a joke to you?

    • @Yum69
      @Yum69 4 года назад +6

      How much oxygen and nitrogen do you SEE regularly? haha

    • @charleskopcho5896
      @charleskopcho5896 4 года назад +1

      . Well you can’t see those elements ..... so

    • @thatunknowndoot
      @thatunknowndoot 4 года назад

      Charles Kopcho well what about carbon then

    • @Yum69
      @Yum69 4 года назад +3

      I think he means pure elements

    • @bobbyarnold1326
      @bobbyarnold1326 4 года назад

      SEEN!

  • @TheLakshmiKarthik
    @TheLakshmiKarthik 5 лет назад +9

    Great , I am finally able to see all my ancestor's Wealth at one SPOT !!

  • @crazymarkmc
    @crazymarkmc 8 лет назад +7

    A notch apple has 8 gold blocks 1 gold block=9 gold bars 1 bar=435 000 pounds thats $615525 so 615525x9x8=5538725x8=$44317800 or $44.3 billion for 1 apple

    • @BIoknight000
      @BIoknight000 8 лет назад +3

      +CrazyMarkSRB A more accurate number would be 1 meter cubed of gold. So 19.3 g/cm^3 * 1 000 000 cm^3/m^3 * 8 m^3= 154 400 000 g. 154 400 000 g * $40.11/g= $6,192,683,905.61

  • @EnglebertHumperdinck
    @EnglebertHumperdinck 4 года назад +5

    This guy looks like he's conducting an orchestra.

  • @justincase4812
    @justincase4812 Год назад

    All that made in a collision of unimagineable chaos of physics and chemistry.

  • @ProfessorOak92
    @ProfessorOak92 8 лет назад +71

    can I just have one?

    • @runforitman
      @runforitman 8 лет назад +50

      $400,000

    • @Erik3E
      @Erik3E 8 лет назад

      Il take 3 of them thank you. actualy gib me 333 and I can sell 330 of them

    • @joshvenning5026
      @joshvenning5026 7 лет назад +2

      no

  • @garrl007
    @garrl007 8 лет назад +11

    Did you get a goody bag?

  • @mzahidmzahidmzahid69
    @mzahidmzahidmzahid69 3 года назад +245

    The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what the unsuccessful only do occasionallklpo

    • @mzahidmzahidmzahid69
      @mzahidmzahidmzahid69 3 года назад

      Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose - is the result of hard work and hustle over time

    • @mzahidmzahidmzahid69
      @mzahidmzahidmzahid69 3 года назад

      The amount of time you spend believing we can't is more than enough time to learn how you can

    • @keithhoward8788
      @keithhoward8788 3 года назад

      @@mzahidmzahidmzahid69 Yeah! I agree with you.

    • @keithhoward8788
      @keithhoward8788 3 года назад

      People come here with the aim of chasing money more than knowledge and that will damage your progress, trust me. Chase knowledge first and I promise! The money will follow you just like it's following some of us now

    • @markdaniels906
      @markdaniels906 3 года назад

      @@keithhoward8788 That's very correct sir!! And that is why most of them end up losing they money to scammers.

  • @cironar
    @cironar 3 года назад

    I never thought I would catch a Gold fever in less than 7 minutes!!

  • @Parzival8919
    @Parzival8919 5 лет назад +10

    5:00 "those Damned imperials"