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Why do many Olympic athletes bite there medals?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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Ksmail

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You mostly see them bite the gold medals because real gold is very soft and malleable. If you bite it, it will leave teeth marks on the medal. It apparently just took with the silver and bronze, too.

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