Flushing 240lbs of Mercury
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2016
- I see if a little mercury can be flushed down a toilet and then I take the experiment a little farther and flush a toilet with 240 lbs of mercury. Test results here: • Mercury Test Results
Article on how Lewis and Clark used mercury as a laxative: offbeatoregon.com/H1006d_Bilio...
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*casually has 240lbs of mercury, a gold bar, solid piece of tungsten and a lead bullet.*
Youre obviously new here 😏
I thought the same Jordan
The most impressive thing is casually has a spare toilet
*then casually decides to submerge his hand in said mercury*
thank you, I thought the same thing xD
(yes, first video i'm seeing in this channel)
cody isn't just shaking hands with danger he's giving it the reach around
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuuuuh
Back that Mercussy up for me
no hes fingering it in the ass
Oh, he's going to be shaking all right.
One should always have the goddamn common courtesy to give the toxic heavy metals a reach around.
I think I can safely say that this will never ever be a problem that a single human being will ever have to worry about.
I will change that
@@mborevi7772dont you dare.
safe to say
You clearly weren't at my buddy Eric's party back in 07'
Hey, just visiting from 2074. Our primary food source is actually a mercury/gold alloy manufactured by the UCU (United Citizens United) it serves as both food and currency.
He's got insane confidence around mercury lol
did i really just watch 13 minutes of a man clogging a toilet with mercury?
Yep.......yep u did
Un fucking believable
Got me too sadly
Yes my friend, yes you did.
yes
Thank you I had 200 lbs of mercury clogging my toilet and I didn't know what to do, but thanks to you, I fixed it!
Did you just use more mercury?
See, you made a mistake by having 200 lbs of mercury, instead of 240.
Me too!
You too? Man I was searching the internet to find a way to get this goddamn merkery out of my terlet!
Why am I watching Cody clog a toilet with Mercury at 3am. That moment when you ask yourself “what the heck am I doing with my life”.
At least now you know hahahah
1 am here
5 am here bruh
That was the moment you became chemistry teacher
For me, 2 AM + a lot of cheap vodka.
I love the bs Cody comes up with to do “Yea lemme fill up an entire toilet with mercury” “now I will put this gold piece in it” gotta love the energy
Just imagine Cody walking into a hospital and saying, "Hey, I may or may not have tried to flush 240lbs of mercury down a toilet and I think I need a blood test"
LMFAO
He didn't try, he succeeded 🎉
The problem here, gentlemen, is that I don't excrete liquid heavy metals.
You...don't?!
i di
Wait......not everyone excrete mercury?
Not with that attitude
@@clyde5450 hahaha
First of all, I’m very drunk…. I’ve no idea why I watched this video but I’m so glad I did. Watching a Mercury toilet flush was beautiful.
yooooooo, same
Just seeing the mercury ripple, splash, and swish around is so mind-boggling yet really dazzling. I legit feel my head spin whenever it does that.
That's the fumes causing the spinning. See a doctor.
@@wyattthealchemist Too late, I’m running their account now.
I like how he's just like "ya know when you flush a bullet"
no, thats not something I'm too experienced in
Last ditch effort to hide evidence
Lol 😂
hence the term "Shitting bullets'"
ok but yoooo brotha
😂
This is what happens when the Terminator goes to Taco Bell.
haha
Or the Silver surfer drinking too much tea
LMAO! :D
XD I'm dying!
Not funny
As someone who drinks mercury on a daily basis, thank you for this video!
Just the stuff we keep in our sheds...
Ah Cody, my man, that was simply an awesome level of creative, scientifically curious insanity. One of the best videos on TH-cam
Just remembered the chinese emperors who died for drinking so called elixir of immortality which turns out to be mercury.
Seems about right
*_oof_*
Oh that...
He dranks too much xD
Ooooooooooooooof 1 they died 2 that must have been disgusting!
Dude can afford 3 flasks of mercury but not gloves
Philip Nessi so? No one cares
Philip Nessi nvm I did read it right
He made the mercury himself? :S Guessing no one of you guys follow him, safety is also not his main priority.
Hs grandpa actually acquired it years ago - its in another one of his videos - 'where did i get all my mercury' or something like that
lol he literally states at 10:55 the difference between metallic mercury and mercury nitrate. Because of that reason, there is no harm that can be caused (other than with open wounds, obviously) by touching metallic mercury with your bare hands
0:42 “I bought a toilet that specially made for flushing 240 lbs of mercury”
For 5 years I put off watching this one because I didn’t think it would be as interesting as some of the other videos you’ve made. But you’ve completely stole my interest while watching this video. You seem to have a god given talent to just always be thinking and discussing these “simple questions”with the at home experiments. I started laughing out loud when I saw you pull out the tungsten weight. Keep up the amazing work and I’m sorry I doubted wanting this video.
Dude just unintentionally made a million dollar art piece
Call it 'Fountain Prime'
@@Aecor I love you and jesus loves you more ❤🙏
@@Aecor mkay
@@Aecor NO. (I’m not gonna say it) YOU
tina larmond 💀💀
Never felt more anxious than I did while watching this guy handle Mercury barehanded 😂
This is the video that led to me finding your channel. Nice to see it pop up now and then
By changing the destiny of this single toilet, you showed all us that we can always reinvent ourselves. Respect.
Imagine if it all went to a sewage waste company
They would be like “wtf?”
I'm pretty sure they've seen worse
@@netajithevar296 idk man 240lbs of Mercury is quite a bit
Netaji Thevar yeah they've seen alot of crazy "SHIT" down there get it get it🤣
Death penalty0 bruh 🤣🤣
I tried to send them some sodium but all it did was leave me without a toilet.
"You see, if you've ever tried to flush a lead bullet down a toilet..."
As one does.
looking for this comment lmao
After murder
CrownRock1 you don't shit lead bullets?
Stargarden ikr Fucking normies
Well my shit is about as heavy as lead so kind of
Most glorious flush in cinematography!
This was the first video I stumbled across of Cody's, and I'm so glad I did!
Classic Cody. Answering the difficult questions.
This is ripe for an Ignobel Prize.
cody is the next ignobel trillionaire
What was difficult to predict about this experiment?
dovregubben78 Whether it would flush or not. And the result was interesting because it did flush, then it didn't flush, then it did again under different circumstances.
I did not find that difficult to predict, Firstname Lastname. Mercury is 13 times denser than water.
Moral of the story: if you poop gold, flush with murcury, and wipe with tungsten..
You die if you do that
lmao
@@aidanbae6162 r/woosh ?
That my friend was funny as hell
Ur ars will break,lol😝
Now I get it! This is why my toilet wasn't running correctly! Ig I should cut back on my mercury diet then...
"Mom can we get a toilet?"
"We have a toilet at home."
The toilet at home...
Dude keep your brainless jokes to yourself.
🙄
Imagine from the distance you see some random man plunging an isolated toilet multiple times
Trespassing on the ranch
Everybody: Mercury is very dangerous
Cody: aight imma dunk my hand right on in there
Didn't even put on plastic gloves what a madlad.
Thank goodness he rinsed off his hands.
@@BAGELMENSK You don't need to wear gloves if you don't have cuts on ur hand
It's elemental. You could drink it, just dont get any in your blood
Dont do that, obviously.
@@TheCompleteMental How old are you? Please tell me your under 18, if not mercury is highly toxic. You fucking moron!
The way Cody is handling the mercury is safe, as metallic mercury is not remarkably toxic. Organomercury compounds and mercury vapour is toxic though, and this is how most people get poisoned by it.
Mercury will start evaporating at room temperature and especially with the amounts hes handling and the constant movement there will be mercury in the air, its outside which helps but safe is still a word i wouldnt use.
“Safe” is definitely an oversimplification, but that is the gist. Cody knows chemistry, knows the risks, and takes precautions to help protect himself.
Like he alluded to when flushing the full tank of mercury, elemental mercury is still really dangerous if it comes into contact with an open wound, a sore, or a mucous membrane like the mouth or nose.
Like another commenter pointed out, mercury will evaporate at room temperature, and *breathing* mercury is definitely way worse than just touching it.
There’s also the possibility of the mercury reacting with something unexpectedly to produce a much more dangerous material - you don’t know all the chemical properties of the toilet bowl material or the plungers, for example. Different compounds could be far more dangerous, and in a setting like this there’s not much control you can implement to monitor or prevent unintended reactions.
Basically, don’t do chemistry at home, don’t do chemistry without a lab partner, don’t do chemistry without a chemistry education. Stay safe, folks.
If i remember correctly cody put some mercury in his mouth in a Video but i think he deleted it
I saw the title and was absolutely horrified. I am so glad you were doing this with a connected toilet
"If you've ever tried to flush a lead bullet down a toilet..."
Who hasn't??
How bout who HAS? It seems stupid if you don't know that your toilet PROBABLY can't flush one, but some probably could flush one tbh
Lava Lyrics wow you haven’t done it before? Missing out man
Pretty much try this daily, except Tuesday because I work late
@@MelodicTurtleMetal no excuses, flush them at work
You could just chuck into recycling
John Connor would shit if he saw this in his toilet.
Ha! ha! You for the win!
Well thats what toilets are for
I'll be back(ed up).
lmao
The T-1000 been shitting blood again....
I find myself rewatching this every few years
Definitely not what i thought i was gonna be watching tonight. Great video 👍
moral of the story:
don't pee mercury
or shit mercury
or you'll have to pee mercury if you shit gold
or don't eat thermometers.
Well damn, guess i should just stop using the bathroom altogether
Gregory Smith lololol
So I basically need mercury installed in my house to flush those giant shits I've had lately. Noted.
innomi natum And for flush the mercury you need liquid tungsten and then you need...
I've been shitting rock balls lately....That about breaks my toilet every time..
I went to a VERY nice Thai restaurant in Indianapolis 2 weeks ago and I managed to destroy their toilet ..Clogged immediately...Right as we were leaving which make the humiliation a bit less...OF COURSE there was a guy coming in to the single person bathroom as I was leaving...He walked right into my crime scene..Damn that was EMBARRASSING...
@@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 what did I just read
@@nachosrios8882 😂😂😂😂
@@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 damn tell me more 🥺🥺🥺
You answered a whole lot of questions I have never had.
Definitely a good demonstration of the relationship between surface tension versus capillary action. The weight of the bulk of mercury gives greater capillary adhesion to the porcelain bowl while the combined surface tension of the volume of mercury atoms all linking arms saying "hell no, we won't go!" 😄
I think the most shocking thing about this video is that in 2016, mercury had a price of nearly 4000 dollars per flask.
He likely bought before the price increase. Also, the $4000 price tag is per flask (76 pounds), not $4000 each pound. But, if purchased in 2016, he likely paid (4000/76) * 240 = ~$12,600
J Ingram yes I thought the same
@@ilovelemonisland2 ah! my mistake! I just looked it up and your totally right! that's still a lot to pay but it makes a lot more sense! thank you!
You do notice that he used a solid bar of tungsten as a weight and threw in a bar of gold to sink through the mercury right? He must be loaded, considering each of those materials is costly.
@@theraven5850 even a toz of gold was "only" 1.4 k at the time this video was published, and elemental tungsten is only about $20 a pound.
1990: We will have flying cars in the future
2016: Flushing mercury
dude it's not 2016 it's 2017 get time on track
Cabbage Lover look at the date the vid came out....
Cabbage Lover
Published September 27, 2016
These's always make me laugh at night when I'm super high.
Aaah, can't you think of own comments?
Everyone is just copy pasting those cheap comment patterns 😑
Very cool video. Thanks for posting this.
Wow I got re-recommended this in 2023 when I first got recommended and watched in 2016! Really good rewatch, I’ll eagerly await it being recommended again another 7 years from now!
More suitable title:
*Toilet gets violated for 14 minutes*
PancakeBoi 😏😏
*report abuse button intensifies*
Mr Oofs I had to go back 5 seconds cuz I sneezed
13 minutes and 55 seconds*
13:55
To be exact
If a mercury thermostat gets broken in a government building, the entire building shuts down and they literally bring-in a Hazmat team to clean it up. And there's Cody, sticking his hand in a few hundred pounds of mercury.
thechosendude where did you hear that?
thechosendude They wouldn't even have a mercury thermostat in the first place?
I remember 30 Years ago some kids were playing with mercury from the pumps at an abandoned gas station and yeah they closed the streets for several blocks. This was before people really knew what hazmat meant, lol.
If you get busted for 'flushing dangerous material in Denmark you could go to Jail.
When I was young we used to play with mercury. In the early 1950s it was interesting not a poison that it is known to be now.
That was way cooler than I expected.
I saw this video I think when it first came out, or at least shortly after. It's stayed with me all these years.
Other youtubers: lets make slime!
This guy: *touches mercury*
Richard Feng I don’t know what’s with the slime videos..
Not only that I think he touched nitric acid with the tip of his naked thumb.
@@LouisEmery RIP hand
Mercury isn’t absorbed into the skin in liquid form. Vapors are another story though
@@TheWhitePhoenix2 no organic mercury is
tbh, clicked because i thought someone was dumb enough to actually flush mercury
jimbo111589 this guy is anything but dumb. Lol I learned a ton
hahahaha "a ton" I see what you did there!!! ;)
My oh my you are clever!!
jimbo111589 as long as he knows what he is doing to keep himself save then the experiments are no problems.
Bryony The Overthinking Pigeon
K
He has bought suspicious amount of mercury.
Cody played a game of sinkers and floaters using lead, mercury and gold. Legendary.
This is the one of the most hilarious videos I've seen for a longer while 😅
it terrifies me that there are random dudes with this much mercury laying around
Why?
@@ferrumignis No doubt because Cody has the resources to make 1,000,0000 thermometers - and he's always been afraid of thermometers...
@@buckhorncortez Thermometerphobia is a crippling condition, we shouldn't laugh. Much.
@@ferrumignis y tho
*Yo*U cAN P*urcHase* muRcuRY *WItHouT a b*AcKGroUNd cHeC*K tHRoUgh tHE sCiENcE cONv*EntiOn loO*pHoLE*
"what do you mean it's not gluten free??" 8:41
lmao!!!
its a poop joke
That joke was the shit
Scott Golembiewski lol
LOOOL
I think Cody has more knowledge about negative effects of mercury than some viral news, videos or rumors
finally a good yt recommendation..amazing video
It's 1:20 am. I have school at 8, gotta get up at 6:40. And im here watching a guy flushing mercury down a toilet
Seriously though, it's 12:54 what am I doing?
It's 12:23 pm. And here I am watching a video of someone flushing mercury down the toilet, and people like farming by re-using past comments.
Yep. It's 2 am now and I have shool at 8. I'm supposed to wake up at 6 because I have to leave at 7. And here I am. I feel you
Rocket Bear Its now 4.17 am and i gotta wake up at 6 o clock
Rocket Bear I go to school by bus :(
why have i spent 10 minutes watching a guy flush a toilet?
I asked myself the same thing and I'm still watching
and talking about it to each other =)
BeatJumper 👽 Stop acting like he's normally flushing a toilet
Don't lie. It was beautiful to watch.
i was thinking the same thing
This is very useful information for anyone who considered flushing mercury at home
7 years later and this randomly shows up in my suggestions. It's not the science we asked for, it's the science we needed. Nice!
I was so relieved to see that you didn't do it down the sewer. Thank you for that.
The Sarcastic Shu
Omg same
Like I came on this video ready to rant if he actually put it down the sewer
But he didn't so that's all good
Scrolled down the comments before the 30 second mark just to find the complaint/relief. Thanks for allaying my fears!
I hate politics bc being concerned about someone flushing a deadly metal into the sewer is "pussies bitching"
It is safe to say this theory works had to test it out ..wasnt able to disconnect toilet.. Went ahead with test
All these idiots commenting about flushing mercury and putting into the environment did you not see the first 2 mins of the video where shows that he made his own plumbing system where nothing would go in the environment ?
Flushing mercury down the toilet can be bad for the environment
Everyone like the comment that is two comments above from mine.
Ashin Kusher thanks captain
This idiot (Matt G) didn't seem to notice that not all of the material was recovered, nor did this idiot (Matt G, still) consider that the lack of warnings about the substance, proper demonstration of safety equipment (e.g. gloves, or a contained lab), the lack of proper explanations (like why the EPA would be 'on his ass' for contamination), and the lack of discouragement from repeating this in a real toilet is reckless and irresponsible. Personally, I don't understand how this is allowed on TH-cam being that it is essentially a simulation of an act of terrorism being that in a 'real setup' that innocent lives would be at stake due to how sewers function and what happens to waste in the process. This person has demonstrated that he clearly does not deserve the right to possess mercury and I hope this video leads to a restriction of his access to it and chemicals like it.
was reading through the comments looking for someone to complain about the environmental hazard before watching it, and was also expecting someone to mention something about the s-bend
This cracks me up so much.
Me watching the beginning of the video: ahhh... it will be cool if i can see mercury used as water too flush the toilet... but thats too wild i understand that and im totally fine with this video. Interesting video though.
Me watching the middle of the video: ok great dude u read my mind. Here is my subscription.
Why do you have so much mercury?
I think he has a mercury mine
You can buy it.
Because he uses it to make videos like this xD
he is a mad scientist and his evil plan to kill the world is to coat it with mercury
BrianAwesomenes to get it into his blood
i ask myself, what kind of person wakes up one morning and thinks "oh, it'd be nice if i filled a toilet with mercury and flushed it"
Someone smart enough to get 7.5m monetised views on TH-cam, I suspect. The fact that you had to ask that would indicate he may be a tad more clever than yourself.
Sure. I might THINK that.This guy follows through.
Scientist
Oh it’d be nice if I filled a toilet with mercury and flushed it
A very intelligent and curious scientist, who also loves to educate and entertain the average Joe and/or Josephine's in this world. I found it fascinating that the bullet would float while the gold and the tungsten sank. Gotta love science !
**randomly appears on my recommended after 7 years:**
A nice solid piece
It's incredible that that toilet held that much weight without breaking the tank
Hell's bells! MY toilet supports about 40 lb more than that each time I sit on it!
Ceramic is really good at holding a lot of weight but it is very bad at resisting shock. For example is can hold 300 lbs but if you dropped 300 lbs on it it would break
Oh i still cant belive they are still together after all of that shit
Well at least you know how to deal with it if you end up sh*ting gold now.
I would just sell my sh*t and get stinky rich :) but yeah, mercury-flushing toilet is also the way to go!
I thought it was more for when he uses gold foil for toilet paper.
USWaterRockets OH I thought he used lead plate for that.
Shame nobody told that to Tywin Lannister....
x3
Has to be the first time that has been done on TV. 🇮🇪👌👍???? Love your experiments. 👍🇮🇪
I like how halfway through it became a plunger demo
You just flushed the T-1000 down the drain.
I watched Terminator movies too .
Anomounus stfu weeb
Boii227 -Gaming and stuff- my stomach 😂😂😂😂
whole reason I watched this was to make sure you weren't putting this into a sewer system or septic tank cool that you went to the extents of building a rig for this experiment.
but what's the purpose of this experiment?
the exact reason I watched it too.
Not "cool" - necessary, or he would go to jail for a really long time
Saw this video while I was listening to an audio book as homework, immediately left the audiobook and watched this for the same reason..
Nothing at the moment. Most sciencitifc achievements are completely useless until the day someone realises they are not. That's why we fund space research and physics.
You are awesome cody
This is funny as hell thank you for asking and answering this question
his neighbours: _honey, look our neighbour bought a toilet for his backyard!_
[Minutes later]
Neighbours: honey, look our neighbour dumped shinny liquid into the toilet
*in the middle of the desert*
UN-SUBBED !!! - Don't encourage ANYONE to put ANYTHING your not supposed to down the sewage pipes !
Again* 😆
@@freemovies3524 but he's not putting it down the pipes
Everyone: don't flush your money down the toilet!
Cody:
Another banger Cody
You earned my subscription today big pimp!
I've been successful stopping a toilet without mercury.
I done this at my friend's house so I jumped out of the window and ran home
Ya. Normally the reason the toilet gets clogged, is if I use too much paper. On the rare occasion, however, it is because of me poring 240 kg of mercury in the toilet. That's just one of those things. Oh well
HAHAHA LOL
TH-cam has been recommending me this video over a week and yep, now I know what flushing mercury in a toilet looks like. Are you happy now?
You guys should check out all of his videos. I can confidently say that he never fails to spike your interest.
old gregg Bump
Kerstin watch his vid. on how to make cyanide
happend to me too
I love this channel
This is a nice and easy trick you can do to add flavor to the tap water!
10:41 That looked like a special effect from a movie from the 80's
The streams flushing down into the bowl reminded me of an alien facehugger. The rest of it was pure T-2000.
Funny thing is that, the effects for the T-1000 in the 1991 Terminator 2 movie were often made by blowing pools of mercury around a prepared surface. So you're not really far off with that.
Africa in Mercury could have drank that kids :(
what language in you speaking?
You don't get it?
It's a play on words, most people on videos where people waste water or food someone leaves a comment that says 'Kids in Africa could have eaten and/or drunk that *insert edible substance here*' and then you have people like me who rephrase it.
Who? Me.
*Kids in Africa could have drunk that Mercury :(. FTFY
The way the mercury went down those walls in nice neat streaks makes this the most beautiful toilet flush I've ever seen
omg, I watched this video when it came out and completely forgot about this channel. Found it earlier today and just found this video. What a coincidence.
You flushed mercury with no water. It was so satisfying.
And his whole town died a week later.
Kyle Caudill The end
Kyle Caudill I highly doubt that would ever happen.
Kyle Caudill ....doesnt the water goes to a sewer or so get recycled? So people will drink it
I'm thinking you probably didn't even watch through the first minute?
The Oregon trail is tuff game.
Omg 😲 😱 subscribed because of your dedication to science
in case anyone thought you tubers will run out of ideas eventually. the levels of effort for pointless endeavors will always triumph
I liked the effect of the little mercury streams within the bowl itself. Pretty awesome.
I know. I captured a screenshot of that and saved it to my hard drive. I never knew that about toilets before because it was never a priority of mine, but it is interesting, nevertheless.
same
i agree with you its so cool
this man is fucking handling mercury without gloves like it's nothing. that's metal as fuck dude
elemental mercury is not dangerous... but the mercury you find in thermometers etc is not elemental and therefore can be absorbed into the skin readily. peace you noobs :)
www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750021.html
According to the CDC, "Elemental mercury is toxic primarily through inhalation of mercury vapors. It is only slowly absorbed through the skin, although it may cause skin and eye irritation. Elemental mercury droplets may be absorbed through eye contact. Ingestion is not an important route of acute exposure as almost no elemental mercury is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract." So yeah, any kind of mercury, elemental or otherwise, is still absolutely dangerous.
Yeah, dude. There is no way I'd fuck with mercury anywhere near my actual skin. Nope, nope, and more nope.
tr00 metal confirmed \m/
I head banged throughout this whole video. Got whiplash.
How the shit was this 5 years ago, remember it like yesterday