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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. For this video, we are mining the Royal Society archives for the story of palladium's discovery: a tale of money, an asteroid and stolen samples.

The professor showed us that Wollaston’s original samples of metals are still preserved at The Royal Society. After he discovered palladium, Wollaston started selling it, but what nickname did he give it?

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