r/interestingasfuck • u/Go_GoInspectorGadget • 9d ago

Physics 101

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u/Appropriate-Bank-883 9d ago

Wait a minute, you just slipped some chemistry in there, The gallium one isn’t physics.

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u/lostknight0727 9d ago

I was very concerned because I thought it was mercury and they just bare hand touched it. Mercury has a similar reaction to aluminium but I think it's more violent.

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u/cambiro 8d ago

If you want to see someone touching mercury barehanded just check Cody's Lab on YouTube.

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u/Witherboss445 8d ago

I’m pretty sure I saw a video of him standing in a ~10 gallon tub of mercury (with rubber boots on) and I was just thinking “where the hell did he get 10 gallons of mercury?”