A Few Facts about Gold

• The oldest gold jewelry was found in the tomb of the Egyptian Queen Zer. It was made in the third millennium BC!
• The largest collection of gold and jewelry in the world was found in King Tut's tomb.
• The discovery of gold in the frontier days of the United States would herd thousands of new settlers to the area. Many risked their lives to find gold.
• A gold standard was created to stabilize the global economy (a nation cannot be issued more currency than they had gold to back it up).
• By the middle of the 20th century the US dollar replaced gold in international trade.
• In 1986, the American Eagle Bullion program launched with gold and silver bullion coins (bullion coins were worth thier weight of a specific precious metal).

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Fun Facts about Valentine's Day

• Valentine's Day is the second most popular card giving occasion, coming in at 141,000,000 cards per year!
• More than 50% of Valentine's Day cards are bought within 6 days prior to the holiday!
• There are 119 single men in their 20's for every 100 single women in their 20's.
• There are 34 single men 65 years + for every 100 single women 65 years+.
• There are 904 dating services in the nation. These dating services employ 4,300 people, and make $489 million in revenue!
• There are about 6,000 marriages a day!
• 112,185 marriages were performed in Nevada in 2008.
• The average age for a woman to get married in the United States is 25.9 and for men it is 27.6.
• The state with the oldest average age for first time marriages is Massachusetts. Women coming in at 27.4 and men at 29.1!
• The state with the youngest average age for first time marriages is Utah. Women at 21.9 and men at 23.9 years old!
• In 2005 every American consumed about 25.7 pounds of candy!
• In 2004 there were 109,915 people employed at the 21,667 florists in the nation.
• The manufacturing of jewelry was an $9 billion industry in 2004!

I found these cool facts at http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day-facts.

The History of the Wrist Watch

Do you ever wonder how the wrist watch started? They actually began their existence in Europe in the 16^th century! They were in between the size of a clock and a modern day watch. People would fasten the watches to their clothing or wear them on a chain around their neck. The watches were box shaped and engraved for style. They only had the hour hand. It did not have a glass cover, but instead a hinged brass cover. Often they would decorate the brass cover with holes so that they could tell the time without having to open the watch. The watch would have to be wound about twice a day! The purpose of these early watches was not to tell time necessarily because the accuracy was terrible and there were hours of the day in which the watch was completely useless! These watches were actually made for jewelry and novelties for the nobility.

The pocket watch came around in the 17^th century after the waistcoat was introduced. Women, however, still wore their watches and pendants. Accuracy was still an issue with the early pocket watches because their force was provided by a spring, which was not constant.

The electric watch came out in the mid 1900’s. This is when people began decorating their watches with jewels!

The quartz watch came out in 1969. This was revolutionary because this changed our watches to tick in a second! The accuracy was great but the power did not last long.

In 1990 Junghans came out with a radio-controlled wristwatch. So now our watches automatically find what time it is according to the radio time signals!

So..  wrist watches have defiantly come a long way! However, I still think most people still use them more for jewelry than to tell time. ;)