"For decades aluminium was much more expensive than gold. In the 1860s, Emperor Napoleon III of France commissioned aluminium cutlery to be laid out for his most distinguished guests. Less important visitors had to make do with the gold knives and forks."
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Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2011), Chapter 17: "The Wheels of Industry"
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Napoleon III
1808 â 1873
Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, französischer PrÀsident (1849 - 1852) und Kaiser der Franzosen (1852 - 1870)
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