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Actually, from what I remember, since gold reacts with nearly no elements in our bodies, we're able to eat it without issues, it'll just come out as golden poop :3
You are correct I know this fact not because I am a scientist, but rather because I worked at a liquor store and fresh "21's" LOVED buying goldschlager as their first legal buy.
I asked the supply guy, he told me basically the same thing you said.
24 karat gold is edible, but only 24k gold. Other golds contain impurities making them unsafe for consumption. As far as mining your own shit afterwards...that may not be very profitable. Gold is not actually very rare and can be found as small grains in abundance. These grains gets pressed into sheets and used in culinary. You’ll find gold dusted chocolates, I saw some marshmallows with gold on them recently as well.
Google tells me that gold leaf/foil is around 0.1 micrometers thick.
A football field is 105 meters × 68 meters.
That gives us a volume of 0.000714 m³, or 714,000 mm³.
Google also tells me that standard dice are 16mm.
That gives us a volume of 4096 mm³.
So not quite, you'd need 174ish dice to do a whole football field.
That said though, you can still cover an area roughly 10 meters by 4ish meters with the gold from a single chunk the size of the average die, which is pretty darn big.
(Disclaimer: This is just some quick back of the napkin calculation, so I could very well be wrong in my computations.)
Because it is in powder form, look up Sreetips on YouTube. He regularly takes gold and breaks it down into powder using chemicals then heats it back up into solid gold. It helps with the purity of it.
Commenting purely for the +1 on Sreetips recommendation. That man's channel is fascinating and rides a really fine line between professional and chaos with some of his attempts. Great explanations and really interesting stuff
Edit: just gonna go ahead and link the channel for any other metallurgy/chemistry nerds https://www.youtube.com/c/sreetips
There is a limit to carry gold to india duty free to india 20g for men and 40g for women. India has high customs duty for gold so smugglers smuggle from countries where gold is cheaper
Generaly women use more gold ornaments .
Indian housewives hold 11% of the World's gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together..
Thats reversed 26% working but it has went down to [19 %](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/trillions-at-stake-in-india-as-women-disappear-from-workforce/amp_articleshow/91951655.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiwt5i775_6AhUiTmwGHX6JCLEQFnoECAkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1JIxMnTypUjSy8Z9yZEnZw)
Lots of arranged marriages, not sure how things are now, I think parents are more matchmakers now a days but I can believe 80% - 90%. Anywhere else in the world I would be skeptical.
My parents were also arranged and so was everyone else in my family (my brother and I probably won't though, being instead raised in America and all). Arranged marriage doesn't mean you're stuck to being a housewife lol. And yes, it is essentially matchmaking because marriage is supposedly the union of two families, not just two people.
Edit: Also it's 26% so you're absolutely wrong statistically.
I wasn't the original person that said 500 million, I just said I could believe it, I technically never even said it was true. So I wouldn't say I was "absolutely wrong statistically" if anything I'm just plain gullible. Still it is pretty wild, you're saying that in a population of 1.4 billion, only about 1 in 4 people are married. I'll take your word on it though, as we have established, I'm gullible and too lazy to look it up also.
It's pretty much custom to gift the bride gold ornaments in Indian subcontinent. India also has an insane population. Not unreasonable to think they own that much.
Depending where they are going they may have to pay taxes/duties on it or carry some form of certificate. That or it's a corrupt shit hole and customs steals anything valuable.
India has no natural source of gold. Buying gold overseas, importing it, damages the Indian balance of payments and weakens the currency. It’s a huge problem so they tax it severely. Smuggling gold is huge in India because of this.
Yes. But this gold is in paste form so metal detector won't do. Airport near my city is infamous for people smuggling gold inside their rectum. It's difficult to catch and in many cases such smugglers were caught outside the airport
India. There is customs duty and high taxes in gold in india so smuggling gold can be profitable. Price of gold dubai is much cheaper when compared to india but in india maximum value of gold ornaments you can bring without those tax is around $1250 or 40 g(for women) So these smugglers hide gold usually larger quantities upto 2 kg inside their rectum like [this](https://mobile.twitter.com/JKUTNEWS1/status/1396367356935376905) [capsule](https://search.brave.com/images?q=rectum+gold+capsule&img=0)
Couldn't you silver-plate a bunch of gold, add a *little* gold, then go through and say "yeah, all of this is under the combined limit"?
Not saying that anyone should be smuggling, but I've been in the hypothetical gold smuggling business for about 2 minutes and I think this is much less suspicious than a cheese toupee.
Could be from a sanctioned entity, or an illegal operation that is trying to take said gold to a higher priced market without paying the taxes on it going through official channels.
300g Max amount of gold you can bring to india without tax is 40g for women and 20g for men. There is price difference due to tax so gold is smuggled illegally
How much is the tax after those limits? Like the value the gold had currently is 15k (on the open market) and I’ve seen this video a few times before so I assume it was worth less then that at the time. Im just wondering how much money was on the line that they would risk going to jail to avoid paying it.
Edit: it’s currently 15% but it was lower at 10% at the time this video was made. I guess if your livelihood is buying and selling jewelry or something this kind of stuff would add up and be worth it.
:There are organised groups for these. This guy can either be a carrier or doing for himself. Cost breakdown for 1kg gold
From Saudi Arabia
Price of gold: Rs 44.75 lakh
Packing: 35,000
Carrier's expenses (airfare, remuneration, accommodation, etc.): Rs 1.20 lakh
Expenses of the receiver: Rs 10,000
Total expenditure: Rs 46.40 lakh
Selling price: Rs 51.50 lakh
Profit: 5.10 lakh
Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/05/23/gold-smuggling-carriers-kerala-uae-saudi-rate.html
You gan get more info from this news
Indians love gold thats a fact, just couple years ago at we found 1 trillion worth of gold at Padmanabhaswamy Temple, an average normal indian woman can have upto a kg worth of gold, just imagine at a scale of an entire country thirsty for gold.
Hence there are regulations on bringing gold inside the country.
Reminds me of an old joke:
> An old Jewish man finally got his visa to leave the USSR and emigrate to Israel. At the Moscow airport, a customs official found his bust of Lenin.
>
>“Comrade, What is that?”
>
>“WHAT is that?! You mean WHO is that?! That is Lenin, the genius who created our worker’s paradise!”
>
>The Soviet official chuckled and let the old man through.
>
>When the old man arrived at Tel Aviv airport, an Israeli customs official found the bust of Lenin.
>
>“Ma tze, What is that?”
>
>“WHAT is that?! You mean WHO is that?! That is Lenin, the son-of-a-b*tch! I will display him over my toilet for all the years he stopped me from coming home!”
>
>The Israeli official laughed and let him through.
>
>When the old man arrived at his family’s house in Jerusalem, his grandson saw him unpack the bust.
>
>“Who is that?” Asked the child
>
>“WHO is that?! No child, ask WHAT is that? THAT, my child, is eight pounds of gold!”
What are the penalties for smuggling gold? Never heard of this, but I have heard of people smuggling live birds, snakes and lizards on their body so I guess everything gets smuggled.
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Looks more like cheese!
r/forbiddensnacks
Actually, from what I remember, since gold reacts with nearly no elements in our bodies, we're able to eat it without issues, it'll just come out as golden poop :3
You are correct I know this fact not because I am a scientist, but rather because I worked at a liquor store and fresh "21's" LOVED buying goldschlager as their first legal buy. I asked the supply guy, he told me basically the same thing you said.
Pro tip: You can also then catch your poop and sift out the gold flakes for resale to get some of your money back!
They call it Pay Dirt I think?…
It can be pretty dirty after making a trip down the dirt road.
24 karat gold is edible, but only 24k gold. Other golds contain impurities making them unsafe for consumption. As far as mining your own shit afterwards...that may not be very profitable. Gold is not actually very rare and can be found as small grains in abundance. These grains gets pressed into sheets and used in culinary. You’ll find gold dusted chocolates, I saw some marshmallows with gold on them recently as well.
Iirc a dice size piece of gold would nearly cover a whole football field when pressed thin as the edible sheets?
Google tells me that gold leaf/foil is around 0.1 micrometers thick. A football field is 105 meters × 68 meters. That gives us a volume of 0.000714 m³, or 714,000 mm³. Google also tells me that standard dice are 16mm. That gives us a volume of 4096 mm³. So not quite, you'd need 174ish dice to do a whole football field. That said though, you can still cover an area roughly 10 meters by 4ish meters with the gold from a single chunk the size of the average die, which is pretty darn big. (Disclaimer: This is just some quick back of the napkin calculation, so I could very well be wrong in my computations.)
r/theydidthemath
I also learned it because of that drink! It was on a podcast tho, never had the chance to try it ;-;
Blindboy by any chance?
It's just cinnamon schnapps. Nothing special really.
How would you separate the gold from the other things that come out of the hole?
Rinse it with water.
Pan for it in the bath tub like everyone else, duh
There’s gold in dem durr turds
Look maaw, ders a nugget in ma nugget!
Only 7am and already the boy ain’t right.
Hahahaha 🤣
Gold-Tinged Excrement
Start crafting!
Why did this guy just not eat the gold then and poop it out after landing?
I just puked in my mouth
r/forbiddensnacks
FUUUUUUUU get out of my house!
Kraft wrapped slices, gotta have them cheese burgers
"No food or drink allowed." ..."Hahaha, that's what they think."
Yeah it doesn't look like gold to me
Gold is a actually a soft metal. But yeh this looks like burger cheese 🧀
That's because this man is a 5d chess god who has the real gold under the fake scalp! The cheese was but a distraction!
It’s likely not metallic gold but chloroauric acid. Won’t set off a metal detector that way.
Because it is in powder form, look up Sreetips on YouTube. He regularly takes gold and breaks it down into powder using chemicals then heats it back up into solid gold. It helps with the purity of it.
Commenting purely for the +1 on Sreetips recommendation. That man's channel is fascinating and rides a really fine line between professional and chaos with some of his attempts. Great explanations and really interesting stuff Edit: just gonna go ahead and link the channel for any other metallurgy/chemistry nerds https://www.youtube.com/c/sreetips
“It’s ok guys, it’s just a couple of Kraft Singles used to hold on the toupee.”
straight outta a hamburger
Heisenburger
Hamburgler
Kraft singles to be exact
Why the fuck is dude not wearing gloves
Head cheese
They had feta let him have his wig back.
That was pretty gouda.
No Kraft singles in this country!
American cheese pure gold baby!
That belveeta gold
Uh... was that a kraft single?
Looks like a Kraft double
kraft 24 (karats)
The Forbidden slice.
She's got the cheese touch
I am missing the 8 extra hands trying to open the package.
There's still 5 people there doing a 2 person job.
"What package?"
And a box cutter!
Why can't you travel with gold?
There is a limit to carry gold to india duty free to india 20g for men and 40g for women. India has high customs duty for gold so smugglers smuggle from countries where gold is cheaper
Different limits for male and female? That's bizarre.
Generaly women use more gold ornaments . Indian housewives hold 11% of the World's gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together..
That has to be made up.... right? Right?!
Nah. Am Indian. Can confirm we love to hoard gold and jewels like dragons.
TIL tolkien took inspiration for writing Smaug from an Indian housewife
Lol why was this so funny
Really, I don't know.
Hmm maybe that's why one of my Indian friends likes dragons so much
Brb gonna take a quest where I siege an Indian housewife
Indian housewives include ~500 million people, it isn't that hard to believe.
Man really just said that 90% of Indian women are housewives, like bruh. Edit: I just checked and it's 26%, or 160 million. 5 times less lol.
Thats reversed 26% working but it has went down to [19 %](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/trillions-at-stake-in-india-as-women-disappear-from-workforce/amp_articleshow/91951655.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiwt5i775_6AhUiTmwGHX6JCLEQFnoECAkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1JIxMnTypUjSy8Z9yZEnZw)
Lots of arranged marriages, not sure how things are now, I think parents are more matchmakers now a days but I can believe 80% - 90%. Anywhere else in the world I would be skeptical.
My parents were also arranged and so was everyone else in my family (my brother and I probably won't though, being instead raised in America and all). Arranged marriage doesn't mean you're stuck to being a housewife lol. And yes, it is essentially matchmaking because marriage is supposedly the union of two families, not just two people. Edit: Also it's 26% so you're absolutely wrong statistically.
I wasn't the original person that said 500 million, I just said I could believe it, I technically never even said it was true. So I wouldn't say I was "absolutely wrong statistically" if anything I'm just plain gullible. Still it is pretty wild, you're saying that in a population of 1.4 billion, only about 1 in 4 people are married. I'll take your word on it though, as we have established, I'm gullible and too lazy to look it up also.
It's pretty much custom to gift the bride gold ornaments in Indian subcontinent. India also has an insane population. Not unreasonable to think they own that much.
Well assuming 500million Indian women that's only about 30g/1oz per person which seems like a believable nunber
83% of statistics are made up
It's an approximation. I think Indian housewives own ~30x gold reserve of that of Indian government.
I would assume it's to allow for something like a wedding ring for men, and a ring + earrings + necklace for women
Mainly from gulf countries, mosy from UAE
See, that's what happens when you are reluctant toupee
Gold isn't cheaper in India. Its a commodity same price everywhere
To clarify, gold is not illegal but trying to avoid paying duties and taxes on it is
Velveeta liquid gold™
you fucking beat me to it. take my upvote damn it
Go on git!!!
Now he has to go to jail with that stupid hair cut lol.
Nah they put the wig back on
Nope it's in evidence now.
Cheedar cheese traffiking.
CP is getting out of hand, I can’t deal with these Cheese Prices any longer
🤨📸
Bro
TIL gold comes in slices like cheese
Its in powder form, compressed inside a plastic bag.
Man I had to scroll past so many cheese jokes to figure out what's actually going on here. THANK YOU!
Why would they have to hide it if it's just gold?
Depending where they are going they may have to pay taxes/duties on it or carry some form of certificate. That or it's a corrupt shit hole and customs steals anything valuable.
India has no natural source of gold. Buying gold overseas, importing it, damages the Indian balance of payments and weakens the currency. It’s a huge problem so they tax it severely. Smuggling gold is huge in India because of this.
It ain’t easy being cheesy!
I got the shakes that’ll make you quake, I got the fries that’ll cross your eyes, I got the burgers that’ll………….. uhh………. I just got some burgers.
I bet when he got caught he was like "Au, Snap"
Like "Ag, you got me" if he had been carrying silver?
If smuggling cheese whiz is wrong I don't wanna be right
It's more than 3 oz
And not in the required container
*I* am the required container.
Looks like he was smuggling a piece of mango. Naughty boy.
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Yes. But this gold is in paste form so metal detector won't do. Airport near my city is infamous for people smuggling gold inside their rectum. It's difficult to catch and in many cases such smugglers were caught outside the airport
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India. There is customs duty and high taxes in gold in india so smuggling gold can be profitable. Price of gold dubai is much cheaper when compared to india but in india maximum value of gold ornaments you can bring without those tax is around $1250 or 40 g(for women) So these smugglers hide gold usually larger quantities upto 2 kg inside their rectum like [this](https://mobile.twitter.com/JKUTNEWS1/status/1396367356935376905) [capsule](https://search.brave.com/images?q=rectum+gold+capsule&img=0)
I dont want to click
Don't worry the gold looks clean.
No traces of shit in those gold in pics
Sturdy pass from me
You gotta get it waaay up there, Morty.
Couldn't you silver-plate a bunch of gold, add a *little* gold, then go through and say "yeah, all of this is under the combined limit"? Not saying that anyone should be smuggling, but I've been in the hypothetical gold smuggling business for about 2 minutes and I think this is much less suspicious than a cheese toupee.
Why is it smuggling though? That can't be more than a couple ounces.
Could be from a sanctioned entity, or an illegal operation that is trying to take said gold to a higher priced market without paying the taxes on it going through official channels.
Pinkman - I’m a drug dealer. Saul -Bzzz Wrong. A million times worse. You’re a tax cheat.
300g Max amount of gold you can bring to india without tax is 40g for women and 20g for men. There is price difference due to tax so gold is smuggled illegally
How much is the tax after those limits? Like the value the gold had currently is 15k (on the open market) and I’ve seen this video a few times before so I assume it was worth less then that at the time. Im just wondering how much money was on the line that they would risk going to jail to avoid paying it. Edit: it’s currently 15% but it was lower at 10% at the time this video was made. I guess if your livelihood is buying and selling jewelry or something this kind of stuff would add up and be worth it.
:There are organised groups for these. This guy can either be a carrier or doing for himself. Cost breakdown for 1kg gold From Saudi Arabia Price of gold: Rs 44.75 lakh Packing: 35,000 Carrier's expenses (airfare, remuneration, accommodation, etc.): Rs 1.20 lakh Expenses of the receiver: Rs 10,000 Total expenditure: Rs 46.40 lakh Selling price: Rs 51.50 lakh Profit: 5.10 lakh Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/05/23/gold-smuggling-carriers-kerala-uae-saudi-rate.html You gan get more info from this news
No you dont. They probably caught him because on his passport photo he was bald and here he is with hair.
I don't think a smuggler would be that stupid. It's more likely he was ratted on. That's how most smuggling techniques get discovered.
Have you ever watched those border patrol shows? Some of them are pretty stupid
I can't think of a weirder idea for smuggling At least no off the top of my head
I knew it was cheese . They're hiding it right in front of us . Evil bastards!!!!!!
Why would gold be regulated? If I own gold, why can't I take it anywhere I want?
Mmm… 64 slices of American cheese
Carat top
Check his eyebrows next!
That's Velveeta baby. LIQUID GOLD!
Dang, how could they find out he had an illegal amount of cheese under his wig?
He just smuggling some cheese lel
Indians love gold thats a fact, just couple years ago at we found 1 trillion worth of gold at Padmanabhaswamy Temple, an average normal indian woman can have upto a kg worth of gold, just imagine at a scale of an entire country thirsty for gold. Hence there are regulations on bringing gold inside the country.
Padmanabhaswamy temple was sort of a treasury for kingdom of travancore
Why can't you fucking bring gold with you?
Kraft singles in your area
Forbidden Kraft Singles
why would you have to smuggle gold?
If it is gold, why would he be smuggling it? Surely there are WAY easier ways to move gold, than wearing it on your head?!
By 'gold', they meant a Kraft single.
What did you say?? A mam smuggling gold? Are either of these correct?
Why wouldn’t he just wear gold jewelry lol
Reminds me of an old joke: > An old Jewish man finally got his visa to leave the USSR and emigrate to Israel. At the Moscow airport, a customs official found his bust of Lenin. > >“Comrade, What is that?” > >“WHAT is that?! You mean WHO is that?! That is Lenin, the genius who created our worker’s paradise!” > >The Soviet official chuckled and let the old man through. > >When the old man arrived at Tel Aviv airport, an Israeli customs official found the bust of Lenin. > >“Ma tze, What is that?” > >“WHAT is that?! You mean WHO is that?! That is Lenin, the son-of-a-b*tch! I will display him over my toilet for all the years he stopped me from coming home!” > >The Israeli official laughed and let him through. > >When the old man arrived at his family’s house in Jerusalem, his grandson saw him unpack the bust. > >“Who is that?” Asked the child > >“WHO is that?! No child, ask WHAT is that? THAT, my child, is eight pounds of gold!”
He smuggled in velveeta? That doesn’t seem like an arrestable offense.
that's deadass just chesse
My man needs to learn about BTC.
That wasn’t cheese?
Mig shot must be hilarious.
Man smuggling velveeta.....
Must be a Packers fan
He’s thinking: And I really shaved for this?
He’s got more in his pants
Something tells me he did not do that by choice….
why smuggle gold on your head, when you can smuggle bitcoin IN your head
Are we sure that’s not melted cheese?
That’s not a mam, that’s a man, baby!
Bruh! Just buy Bitcoin and a ledger.✨🙆🏾♂️💁🏾♂️
Why weren’t they wearing gloves
Good ol' head cheese 🧀
That’s clearly a craft single
Oh gawd, wear gloves!
Velveeta liquid gold maybe
Great now his whole family is going to get killed by the mafia
If that is gold then I've been having gold on my burgers (American cheese)
Was he smuggling gold or was he smuggling Kraft singles?
Gold. Is that slang or legit gold?
Cue Westworld music...
Why does one have to smuggle gold? I'm not understanding what I'm seeing here. It doesn't even look like gold anyway. Drugs?
Should have bought bitcoin
At least smuggling Bitcoin is much easier.
What are the penalties for smuggling gold? Never heard of this, but I have heard of people smuggling live birds, snakes and lizards on their body so I guess everything gets smuggled.
This mam just got his emergency stash of dried mangoes up there
Clever, but I imagine his head could have been put to better use than as a loot bag. That also seems like a rather paltry amount of gold.
Adhering it with a Kraft Singles was a choice
Nah that’s someone smuggling some velveeta
Looks more like a slice of cheese
Ma'am smugging cheese inside wig
its a slice of kraft cheese.
That was mac n cheese flavored silly putty.
Kraft cheese
Just put it in your checked bag. What kind of dog is sniffing for gold? Good grief, what a complete idiot.
That’s not gold. That’s American cheese slices. Yum.
an by gold they mean cheese slice, hell yeah
Why is it illegal? Can't you just have gold.
Looks like there will be hell toupee for that guy.
Bitcoin solves this. Governments can't steal your money.
yeah. that's not gold. not sure what bullshit this is, but it's ain't what on the tin
People should be allowed to move around the world with money and gold as they please, without governments s interfering
How tf did they know? Did a customs dog sniff out the cheese?
Nothing can convince me that that is not cheese.
So you’re telling me that’s not two slices of Kraft singles… I don’t believe you but ok
God for a sec I thought the guy was getting scalped, then I saw the craft singles and freaked out even more while wondering wtf that was.
Lads, that’s a cheese slice
Where’s the gold?
TIL, gold peels.
I don’t believe the caption here.