Medals of the Olympic Games 2010 - Vancouver

The medals by the numbers:

• –20 C was the temperature used to test them.
• 2 designers created them.
• 2.05 kg of Teck's gold were used to make them.
• 6 g of gold plating were used for each gold medal.
• 6.8 metric tonnes of scrap circuit board was diverted from landfills to make them.
• 9 times each medal was struck to shape it into the undulating form.
• 30 steps were used by the Royal Canadian Mint to make them.
• 34 mint engineers, engravers, die technicians, machinists and production experts manufactured them.
• 48 medal design ideas were submitted by artists across Canada and internationally.
• 90 kg is the weight the ribbons can withstand.
• 95 mm is the width of the Paralympic medals.
• 399 Paralympic medals were produced.
• 615 Olympic medals were produced.
• 903 kg of copper were provided by Teck for the bronze medals.
• 1,014 different crops of the two master aboriginal artworks were laser etched into each one-of-a-kind medal.
• 1,950 kg of silver was used for the silver medals.
• 2,817 hours of precision manufacturing was needed to produce them.

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Froid aux pieds ?

Peut-être pas le chauffage central ... mais à retenir !

En hiver par moins 40° (centigrades), si vous avez froid aux pieds faites chauffer légèrement quelques pièces de monnaie (ou autres) avec un briquet ou sur une source de chaleur quelconque et glisser les dans vos bottes. Cela suffit à dilater les vaisseaux capillaires et à rétablir la circulation sanguine.

Source: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/webblop/Astuces.htm#froid - Eric Gatellier (Canada).