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Silver…..

Here’s some interesting, but somewhat useless, trivia for today….

Sterling silver is a grade of purity, defined as consisting of at least 92.5% of the element. This is why you will often see the numbers 925 on your silver jewelry. Usually, the other 7.5% is a metal like copper used to make the substance harder.

The phrase “silver bullet” – used to represent an impossibly simple solution to a complicated problem – comes from the old idea that only a silver bullet could kill certain villains. This probably arose out of European folklore, and spread to America in the 1941 werewolf film The Wolf Man. Coors Light later adopted the phrase for their advertising campaigns. The Lone Ranger also used silver bullets, and frequently left one as a keepsake of his visit as he took off without pausing for thanks.

Not only did the Lone Ranger use silver bullets and have a horse named “Silver,” his friend Tonto was played by a man named Jay Silverheels in the famous TV show that ran from 1949 to 1957. A member of the Mohawk tribe, the Canadian actor was a star lacrosse player and boxer before he shot to stardom as Tonto.