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China is the number one producer of iron ore in the world-mining ten times as much as the United States, which is seventh.
The average weight of a medieval suit of wrought iron armor was about 40 to 60 pounds.
Iron magnets can be found in your cell phone, stereo speakers, vacuum cleaner, refrigerator, washing machine and car.
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used natural iron oxide pigment for cosmetics, and it's still used in cosmetics today.
Narrator: It's the metal synonymous with strength, the backbone of buildings that scrape the sky. We mine it, we forge it, we even eat it. It makes weapons that alter the course of war, but it's also the key to coloring our world, and it's alive with a force of nature that's as perplexing as it is powerful. Now, the untold story of Iron, on Modern Marvels.
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