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The United Arab Emirates Has Vending Machines That Sell Gold

What do you think of when you think of the UAE? For us, it's the tall buildings and beautiful desert landscape. We can now picture a gold vending machine in that imaginary picture in our brains. And we don't mean a vending machine that just happens to be gold; we mean a vending machine where you can actually buy gold. That's correct. In the US, you can acquire drinks from vending machines, while in the UAE, you can get golden nuggets.
Imagine being so affluent that you not only need a gold bar, but you need one so badly that you go to a vending machine to get one.

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