The world's most expensive object by weight

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[TomScottGo]

I wanted to have a lot of more dynamic shots in here. Moving the camera! Pulling focus! It turns out that filming in low-light preservation conditions is really difficult, both for me and the camera, so this is the best I could get...!

[Lasersplitter]

"...this stamp is non-fungible."
I immensely appreciate Tom for explaining fungibility without mentioning the dreaded three-letter initialism.

[AmiYamato]

_That's_ how you begin an informative video! 😄

[jimtekkit]

When you consider the damaging effects of oxygen, UV light and humidity, a stamp surviving for such a long time is truly staggering.

[PaintBallerDudeGuy]

Honestly, you've earned much of my respect for the intro. Straight to the point and perfect for those curious. It even made me more interested in watching the rest of the video to see just why this stamp was worth so much as the most expensive object by weight.

[Burssty]

Had a mini heart attack at Tom saying "non fungible"

[fraser]

i heard tom say "non-fungible" and almost started crying in fear

[collinblollin]

I know you'll probably never see this, but thank you so so much for answering the question in the title immediately. It shows so much respect for your viewers time and means a lot to me personally. I will be watching this in its entirety

[convindix]

So somebody already said this but Dr. Willard Wigan is the record holder for smallest handmade sculptures, one is a golden motorbike that's 0.055mm long. A block of gold 0.055mm on a side would weigh around 0.003mg, and the sculpture has to be at least as light as that. The price isn't on his site anymore but as long as it sold for over $700 (it probably did) then that takes the record

[TomBaldwin]

"If you switch them out, it doesn't matter" Tom, please try telling that to my HP printer, I think my body is more likely to accept a random organ than the printer is to accept new ink!!

[Natalie-]

There's a million things to love about Tom Scott's content, but his intense irrational refusal to clickbait is always one of them

[THREE_SiiX]

I love that there is some wicked psychology that is being played by Tom there. By having that title and then up front saying exactly what the answer is, in a way it would probably make a lot of people see him as honest and more trustworthy, so therefore they watch more of the video. Probably doesn't work on everyone, but I bet it definitely helps. Or maybe I'm just imaging that's how it went lmao

[steeledminer]

"Let's say there was an anti-matter shop- let's go for something more realistic but still expensive actually... let's say there was a printer ink shop"
I'm sorry this line alone made my laugh

[martin_mue]

That "anti-clickbait" intro was so refreshing and unexpected that it put a lasting big wide grin on my face. Thanks Tom!

[beedlethebeard]

"There was a dog on the road."
"There was dog on the road."

I'm literally teaching a class about countable and uncountable nouns tomorrow. I'll be using this. Cheers tom!

[messystudios]

I love how Tom finishes the video in less than 2 seconds for those who dont care about the stamp. I hate how youtubers delay answering questions to gain more watchtime.(I did watch this entire video as I love these sorta things)

[ReliableRocket]

That also makes that signature of postal clerk as the most expensive autograph ever!

[sketchpalosotherchannel]

"This stamp is non fungible"

when the nft buyers and cryptobros get owned by a 15 gram piece of paper

[CatherineCane]

The fact that you get straight to the point IMMEDIATELY actually makes me more likely to watch the rest of the video. Also, I love your videos

[gavinfriedman]

Tom, this is why you’re my favorite. No one just answers the question right off the bat. Thank you for being awesome.