Random Nerd-ish Post
Edward Elric (or any aspiring alchemist or freagen Paulo Coelho, for that matter) should have met Glenn T. Seaborg. SRSLY.
Why do we not know about this guy? He was able to turn BISMUTH into effen GOLD. OK, bismuth is not lead, but it's not gold either. And Seaborg's "alchemy" is too expensive for mass production, so it's kinda fail but STILL. This was in the 1980's. ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO!
Have I just been reading the wrong textbooks? Oh well.
Glenn T. Seaborg. YOU DA MEHN.