Do you know that there was a time when platinum import in Spain was strictly forbidden? It wasn’t thought to have any special value but was vastly used by tricksters as a cheap substitution of gold. That’s why it was often just thrown away. Actually somewhere near the eastern coast of South America tons of platinum were drown in XVIIIth century.
And all this metal still lays somewhere at the seabed, uncovered. When discovered, it will be one of the largest treasures in the world. But by now — it is just one of the numerous mysteries of the ocean.
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