Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.
Gold is a pretty soft metal, not sure loaning it to “224 lbs” Trump is a great plan.
It’s 18 karat, not 24, so 75% gold and 25% probably silver.
That makes it a significantly harder alloy than pure gold.
the carat is such a horrendous unit, why can’t we just start saying 75% gold
it’s insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another
The pound is a unit of mass, of force, and of currency.
Not from a scientific perspective, no. It would just be a measurement of currency.
Mass is measured in grams, force is measured in Newtons.
It’s probably purposeful obscurity, a marketing move for gold and jewelry.
Other alloys are described as ratios of elements.
At least I am starting to see carat fall out of use as a unit of weight, maybe from diamond manufacturing slowly making diamonds more of a commodity product.
It’ll probably take until we stop obsessing over gold before we can get rid of karat.
Carrots aren’t awful, they help you see in the dark.
More seriously, they should donate this to a museum and have a regular toilet. Rich scum.
Or standardize alloys: nice 1337 gold alloy ring.
Interestingly in the US it isn’t, gold is measured in Karat (k/Kt), and Carat (ct) is the unit of weight.
1 Karat is 1/24th gold, 1 Carat is 200 milligrams.
petty dictators love gold toilets, tramp is not that different from saddam, really. I’m imagining tramp saying saddam was a great guy. grifter twin souls.
It’s OK he’s a pretty soft man
Maybe it’s just like a memory foam mattress after a while