Saffron: £10 per gram

The most expensive spice in the world, saffron costs between £5 and £10 per gram at the supermarket.
The spice is so dear because the process is labour intensive. Each flower produces just a few stigmas, which need to be hand-picked and dried before used with food. It can take around 150 flowers to produce a gram of saffron.

Iranian beluga caviar: £20 per gram

The eggs from this rare sturgeon generally cost about £20 per gram and have been dubbed by the Guinness World Records as the most expensive food in the world.

Platinum: £23 per gram

In 1976, the Recording Industry Association of America introduced the platinum certification for records that sold more than one million units.
However, at £23,144.63 per kg, or just over £23 per gram, platinum is currently less valuable than gold.

Gold: £28 per gram

Gold has slipped from its 2011 high of £37.31 over recent years, but a rebound this year has taken the price back up from its £22.37 low in August 2015.

Heroin: £55 per gram

One hit of heroin would likely be anywhere from 10mg to a few hundreds mgs. But by the gram, heroin is among the more expensive drugs, costing around £55. That compares to £46 for a gram of cocaine, £39 for a gram of ecstasy and £13 for a gram of speed.

Rhino horn: £69 per gram

Rhino horns can fetch up to $100,000 per kg, or £69 per gram. Poaching has seen a resurgence since 2008, after a rumour spread that rhino horn powder had cured a Vietnamese politician of cancer and amid growing wealth in the Southeast Asian country.

Gold powder: £200 per gram

Iranian beluga caviar might be the most expensive food in the world, but it isn’t the costliest thing you can put in your mouth.
Gold leaf, which is also used for gilding, decoration and conducting electricity, is said to be the most valuable edible substance in the world.
A gram of 24-carat gold leaf flakes can cost around £68 – although a gram of even finer gold powder can be costlier, going for £200 per gram.

White truffle: £222 per gram

In 2010, the most expensive Alba white truffle ever sold, weighing 1.3kg, went to Macau billionaire Stanley Ho for $417,200, meaning he paid $320.92 per gram.
However, presumably less superior Alba white truffles can be bought for around £3 per gram.

Venom: £935 per gram

Animal venoms have several medicinal uses, from relieving pain to treating cancer, and even reversing the effects of a poisonous bite.
A gram of snake venom can fetch £263, while scorpion poison goes for £415. The priciest spider venom costs £935 per gram.

LSD: £2,085 per gram

The most common form of LSD is a small square of paper that melts on the tongue. At around $5 for a hit of acid, that adds up. A gram of LSD in crystal form can cost around $3,000.

Plutonium: £2,763 per gram

The nuclear substance goes for about $4,000 – probably why Doc Brown had to steal his, to keep Flux Capacitor running costs down.

Postcard: £5,293 a gram

The most expensive postcard in the world –sent from a Fulham-based writer named Theodore Hook to himself in 1840 – was sold for £31,758.75 in 2002. Considering its weight, Latvian collector Eugene Gomberg paid more than £5,000 per gram for the world’s oldest postcard.

Soliris: £10,500 per gram

Soliris – believed to be the most expensive drug in the world – treats a rare, life-threatening disease called atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (aHUS), which affects the kidneys and vital organs.
A year’s treatment of Soliris in the UK could rack up a bill of £340,200.
A 300mg vial of Soliris costs £3,150, which equates to a per-gram cost of £10,500.

Tritium: £20,748 per gram

Now that you know tritium costs around $30,000 per gram, you might take a bit more notice of the self-illuminating exit and emergency signs which contain the substance.

Diamond: £45,000 per gram

The most expensive diamond ever sold was the Pink Star, a South African gem that fetched £51.7m in 2013, working out to £4.38m per gram. At 59 carats, the nearly-12g oval diamond measures 2.69cm by 2.06cm.
However, a less rare, colourless 1-carat diamond goes for around £9,000 per carat, which equates to £45,000 per gram.

Stamp: £5.6m per gram

The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp sold for £5.6m in 2014, making it both the world’s most expensive stamp and, at just 2.5cm by 3.2cm, the most valuable object by weight and size.

Californium: £18.7m per gram

Californium can be used to start nuclear reactors and treat cancers. It is also found in metal detectors. But at $27m per gram, you’d have to be finding some pretty precious metal.
However, there is, actually, one thing that is more valuable than even this…

Antimatter: £17bn per gram

In 1999, Nasa said it would cost $62.5 trillion to produce a gram of antihydrogen. Seven years later, it was estimated that a gram of positrons (the antiparticle of the electron) would cost $25bn to make. CERN has spent a few hundred million Swiss francs on producing a billionth of a gram – which would put a gram at a few hundred quadrillion francs.

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Photography has the power to capture more than just pretty landscapes and family portraits. It can capture history and oftentimes the emotion of actually being there.

This is exactly what these 30 photos do. From life and death, to war and those amazing moments of rare beauty in unexpected places. They tell us more about the human experience and our place in the universe than words ever could.

In 1967, 17-year-old Jan Rose Kasmir offers a flower to soldiers during an anti-war protest outside the Pentagon.

Brazilian police fire on a man during protests against corruption and police brutality in 2013.

Sergeant Frank Praytor looks after a kitten during the height of the Korean War in 1952.

A curious Afghan girl holds the hand of a female American soldier.

A South Korean man cries as his North Korean brother waves after inter-Korean temporary family reunions.

Anna Fisher on the cover of Life magazine in 1985.

Thania Sayne leaning on her husband’s headstone the day before their wedding anniversary.

A tribal Chhetri woman in Nepal.

A boy in London in the 1960s with a toy double decker bus.

Captain Donald Spindler saves 6-year-old Aaliyah Frazier from a fire in Indiana.

A protester in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in 1989.

Violinist, Nancy Dinovo, cries during a service at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver for the 9/11 victims.

The child KKK member touches his reflection in an African American officer’s riot shield during a 1992 demonstration.

Ballet students at Rwanda’s only classical ballet school.

“100,000 monks in prayer for a better world”

Punk rock skater girls in Tehran, Iran.

An Irish teen and British soldiers during unrest in Northern Ireland.

A Mursi tribe woman sees Vogue magazine for the first time.

Spreading the love of punk rock.

A doctor monitors vitals after 23 hour long heart transplant surgery in 1987. His assistant is sleeping in the corner.

The patient survived and actually outlived his doctor.

A Ukrainian protester plays piano during riots in the capital city Kiev.

Celebration as Minnesota legalizes gay marriage

What life is all about.

Finding beauty in unexpected places.

“I’ll see you soon.”

Stay strong.

Bus riders in China save a woman who attempted suicide.

Looking ahead.

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If you’re not wearing these hot fashion styles, then you need to reconsider your life because you’re totally off trend…

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Good, cute and beautiful pictures.

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People wearing funny clothes, etc.

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Kids fashion has come a long way since purple sweat suits…

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Giant Halibut

Can you imagine swimming next to that thing?

Colossal Squid

Stone Fish

Please tell me what is worse than a fish that camouflages itself as a rock in shallow water, injects a poison lethal to human upon contact and can survive on dry land for over 24 hours.

Giant Stingray

So far, only found in freshwater but has the capacity to live in saltwater if it chooses.

Barry the Sea Worm

Oarfish

Blue Ringed Octopus

The biggest one is the size of a golf ball, but if you touch it, there is no antidote for its lethal venom.

Sunfish

Giant Isopod

These things have been around since the dinosaurs and can survive for months without food, so you can pretty much expect them to be in our oceans forever.

Coconut Crab

So if creatures in the water have you terrified to go swimming, the coconut crab is a good reason to never set foot on a beach.

Jelly Fish

… seem relatively harmless until you come across this monstrosity while scuba diving.

North Pacific Giant Octopus

Barracuda

Huge Spider Crab

Moray Eels

They look small and harmless poking out of coral reefs, but I know from personal experience these eels can grow up to 9 feet long and can easily take a limb off of a diver.

Long Spine Sea Urchin

Mega Mouth Shark

Ok, ok I know Mega Mouth is technically a shark, but look at it. It’s about ten times more terrifying than a great white.

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