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Useless white metal, nothing will ever come of it (lemmy.world)
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[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

The cap on the Washington Monument is aluminum because it was so precious in 1884, comparable to silver.

https://evolutiondc.museum.gwu.edu/the-washington-monument-capstone/