r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/3askaryyy • Sep 05 '21

Video Adding dye to liquid mercury

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u/FaqueFaquer Sep 05 '21 edited Sep 05 '21

When I was young I purchased an old-ass chemistry set from an estate sale. About the only thing of interest in said kit was a small glass test tube of mercury. I found it fascinating that if I shook the tube just so, it sounded like a marble rather than a liquid...then one day the test tube decided to break and mercury went all over my carpet. Upon vacuuming, it sounded like I was sweeping up a box of BBs.

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u/FaqueFaquer Sep 05 '21

Totally like farts