Weird Olympic Facts You Might Not Know

The phrase "going for the gold" will be heard a lot in the next few weeks, but it's more accurate to say the Olympic athletes are "going for the gold-plated silver medal."

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The phrase "going for the gold" will be heard a lot in the next few weeks, but it's more accurate to say the Olympic athletes are "going for the gold-plated silver medal."

That's just one of the odd facts about the Olympics that, like the silver in the gold medal, gets covered up.

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Comments

[Parade Keegan]

02:56 AM on 07/26/2012

The medals should be solid gold. What a cheesy outfit the IOC is IMO.

[Jose Hill]

10:45 AM on 07/25/2012

Everyone knows that the Gold medals are actually silver medals dipped twice in melted gold.