Ricin: The Perfect Poison

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  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1185

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    • @pickledpigknuckles6945
      @pickledpigknuckles6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is why their targeting our V-mat2 genes with the latest round of Vaccines. With the Fun-Vax a Vaccine to end all wars by neutralization of our passionate and Fervent Thought which could inspire foreign and domestic terror plots schemes and attacks the Vaccine to cure Religious Fundamentalism first used in Iraq and Afghanistan and Indonesia.

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Can you do more of these (or even a new channel on it?), such as Anthrax, History of Arsenic the "ladies poison" and others as its fascinating to learn about. I mean lets fact it Simon you are on so many watch lists just from Business Blaze so it's ok :)

    • @justicegraceful2171
      @justicegraceful2171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When you say porcupine enema do you mean giving an enema to a porcupine? Or using a porcupine, As An Enema?!?!

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@justicegraceful2171 PAIGE NO! :)

    • @tigercap100
      @tigercap100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah yeah...i saw Breaking Bad

  • @z3r0slugfm
    @z3r0slugfm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57820

    It’s an honor to be placed on a watch list with you all.

    • @bott3849
      @bott3849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1710

      Next video he will explain the varies uses of dynamite..

    • @bluebasementmusic
      @bluebasementmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +471

      Amen brother.

    • @zamecksaryja
      @zamecksaryja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +562

      Not enough details man, were safe. Just hope the dynamite video holds fruit 🤣🤣

    • @JackScooter17
      @JackScooter17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      *honour

    • @TheAK0390
      @TheAK0390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

      See you guys at the arraignment 🤝

  • @jakebroome6120
    @jakebroome6120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16042

    Clicked this video hoping for Breaking Bad jokes. You guys did not disappoint.

    • @rahulverma8774
      @rahulverma8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +517

      He even looks little bit like walter

    • @elbob099
      @elbob099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      I don't trust little sachets of sweetener

    • @jonathanhaywood5623
      @jonathanhaywood5623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      I too came here hoping for Breaking Bad commentary but so far im severely dissappinted

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      18:22 finally

    • @Th3MemeMaster
      @Th3MemeMaster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rahulverma8774 ikr

  • @jeremywang5754
    @jeremywang5754 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    "About as fun as a porcupine enema" fantastic line, I shall be adding this to my daily vocabulary

    • @jolttsp
      @jolttsp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      While I don't enjoy giving porcupines enemas, its not that awful.

  • @spacekettle2478
    @spacekettle2478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8289

    "Why did you think it's ricin? That's kind of specific"
    "I dunno man, maybe I like, saw a Simon Whistler video on it or something"
    - Jesse Pinkman in 2021

    • @nuckinfuts7610
      @nuckinfuts7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      You forgot "b*tch" at the end there.

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Lydia, oh Lydia . . . Great scene.

    • @nuckinfuts7610
      @nuckinfuts7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@martinphilip8998 LOL that ringtone was iconic.

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@nuckinfuts7610 The last episode was extremely satisfying. Walt went out with style. I should watch Saul. I’m 67 and haven’t smoked meth in 5 months. I’ll get there.

    • @s3ct0rxf0ur9
      @s3ct0rxf0ur9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@martinphilip8998 you want to watch the show after being sober from an addiction? surely that can’t be a good idea. obviously you know yourself more than me just kinda pointing out the risk there lol

  • @m.hughmungus121
    @m.hughmungus121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7772

    "Ricin: The Perfect Poison"
    *You're god-damn right.*

  • @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012
    @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13673

    Ricin shine Lydia

    • @Vulfheim
      @Vulfheim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +616

      Jesse we gotta cook!

    • @jezpin3638
      @jezpin3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      I understood that reference

    • @jacksonlawrence8476
      @jacksonlawrence8476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Breaking bad season 5

    • @Jon-ko3vv
      @Jon-ko3vv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      This video popped up after watching that scene just a few min ago

    • @theplaguedoctor142
      @theplaguedoctor142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@NONAME-pz3gq 🎶Kept you waiting there too long my love🎶

  • @PatrickStypinsky
    @PatrickStypinsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4311

    I’ve survied poisoning by castor beans my parents brought home from a vacation, my liver started to fail, vomit, white poop, fever.. doctors was sure I was going to die when they found the cause, whole family gathered to say goodbye - somehow I came through 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @oliveryt7168
      @oliveryt7168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      The white 💩 was a positive sign from heaven, lol.

    • @altareggo
      @altareggo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +505

      GRATS!! Not everyone can cheat death like that. If you are a cat, however, you still have 8 more lives.

    • @mywifesboyfriendisfire
      @mywifesboyfriendisfire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Damn

    • @damo9413
      @damo9413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      my family moved a lot when I was a kid. Somehow I always found them.

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@oliveryt7168 it's usually white blood cells that have died fighting a virus, foreign body etc.

  • @kaarel545
    @kaarel545 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    "3 milligrams, a mere tenth of a teaspoon"
    That is one tiny teaspoon 😂

    • @sirtango1
      @sirtango1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah unless that stuff is lighter than helium! 3mg is 3 1/1000th of a gram. And there is roughly 28.35 grams in an ounce!

    • @vjr5261
      @vjr5261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      However 1 teaspoon is 5ml, if you raised kids and gave liquid medicine or used essential oils.

    • @Cuzzo317
      @Cuzzo317 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@vjr5261 What if I didn't give liquid medicine or use essential oils?
      Is a teaspoon still 5mL?

    • @EnjoyCocaColaLight
      @EnjoyCocaColaLight 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sirtango1 So 3/1000 of a gram?

    • @sirtango1
      @sirtango1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EnjoyCocaColaLight yes

  • @jamiemartin6603
    @jamiemartin6603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5121

    It’s so cool that Walter White himself is making a video about ricin

    • @Galilupottepeak
      @Galilupottepeak ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Lol

    • @applememes5372
      @applememes5372 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      more like walter blanco

    • @BerriedDelish
      @BerriedDelish ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That’s what I was here for

    • @fss1704
      @fss1704 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It just surprized me that i had to scroll that far to get someone doing a bb reference

    • @sonicman9910
      @sonicman9910 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Breaking Bad fans when they see bald man with beard

  • @BarryBruh
    @BarryBruh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6300

    Jesse we need to open up a bean farm

  • @Gollentar
    @Gollentar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5435

    I had a couple of geniuses in my class while I was in college. They were weighing castor beans in a biology class for an experiment on variation. The two of them decided to have a competition to see who could eat the most beans whole. The beans were also close to 20 years old, and had been stored alongside mercury. The two of them went up to the teacher at the end of the lesson to complain that they were feeling sick; after they admitted what they'd done, she had them rushed to hospital.

    • @alrycam1726
      @alrycam1726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      And then what did they die?

    • @Gollentar
      @Gollentar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1457

      @@alrycam1726 No, the teacher rushed them to hospital, which was thankfully less than a mile down the road from the college, to get their stomachs pumped.
      They didn't enjoy that much.

    • @roni5326
      @roni5326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Bruh when was this

    • @Gollentar
      @Gollentar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +416

      @@roni5326 Back in... what, Y12 or 13? So american grade 11 and 12. Maybe 6-7 years ago.

    • @watermelontheif3272
      @watermelontheif3272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      Not so genius huh

  • @YouveBeenMegged
    @YouveBeenMegged ปีที่แล้ว +255

    All things aside, are we just going to ignore the fact that he called death “the ultimate side effect”? 😂

    • @JJ-vs2gi
      @JJ-vs2gi 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      One of the side effects of my anti depressant meds is suicide or death.

    • @serbrawl7981
      @serbrawl7981 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@JJ-vs2giare u still alive?

    • @JJ-vs2gi
      @JJ-vs2gi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@serbrawl7981 yes I am, weaned myself off the crazy meds 😁

    • @rigenx4601
      @rigenx4601 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Looks like he isn't​@@serbrawl7981

    • @thiagoandrade9146
      @thiagoandrade9146 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@serbrawl7981well... Have been 3 months...

  • @wrecked3m
    @wrecked3m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4263

    I once worked at a garden center where we had a couple huge castor bean plants in the raised beds out in front of the shop. One morning we came in and both 5’ tall castor bean plants had been dug up and taken. Needless to say, we reported that one to the police. They seemed to think it was unlikely someone took it to make poison, but idk.

    • @OnceShy_TwiceBitten
      @OnceShy_TwiceBitten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +356

      You would be surprised how often people steal plants. They are probably right. 100% suspect the person had no idea what you had.

    • @wrecked3m
      @wrecked3m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      @@OnceShy_TwiceBitten I used to work for my local county conservation board and holy cow. I’ve seen some serious money worth of dwarf conifers disappear overnight.

    • @ReallyTY4Real
      @ReallyTY4Real 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Could be either option, could even be some1 who took it for what it is, some high effectiveness poison can go for some money on the streets

    • @philip8498
      @philip8498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@OnceShy_TwiceBitten yeah but that should still be somewhere on the top of the list to investigate. if someone stole a bunch of explosives, even if its just because the cases looked pretty, you should do anything you can to take that stuff back. why not do the same with a plant that produces deadly poisons on a regular basis?

    • @mi-kwan_tait8031
      @mi-kwan_tait8031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@philip8498 yeah but, how do you control a plant? Let alone one that is sold in Walmarts and what not. It's just not feasible when you really give it some thought, whatre they gonna do? Go door to door until they find the plants?

  • @keepcalmyouexist358
    @keepcalmyouexist358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3672

    What an enterpreneur Simon is. One chanel is about killers, another gives you all the advice you need to become one.

    • @Jay-qh6uv
      @Jay-qh6uv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Pretty sure these aren’t his channels. He’s a talking head for hire basically. Other people write the content and he’s hired to present it.
      Iirc he was part of a political channel a lot of people hated and this fact was revealed. He didn’t write the content, he was just hired to speak it.

    • @bighulkingwar_machine1123
      @bighulkingwar_machine1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Jay-qh6uv SW doesn't write this content? and what is lirc?

    • @Grandude77
      @Grandude77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@bighulkingwar_machine1123 if I remember correctly

    • @noormaneka7016
      @noormaneka7016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Grandude77 I was wondering about that as well. Thanks man.

    • @juch3
      @juch3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      the weird thing is that all these channels are presented as if they're Simon's own channel rather than owned by what is likely a company. E.g. if you go to the channels tab you'll see it says "Simon's other channels"

  • @gorilladisco9108
    @gorilladisco9108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5163

    ".. buying four ton of castor beans is absolutely going to land you on an FBI watch list .."
    Castor oil factory owner : *sweat profusely

    • @geesegoose6174
      @geesegoose6174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Now I really wanna know the red tape they go through, if any, to mass produce castor plants like that

    • @Outside85
      @Outside85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      There is a man in black standing in every office that the employees have to pretend they cant see.

    • @johnsalchichon777
      @johnsalchichon777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Or just,Buy some and Grow it

    • @dajointcf4803
      @dajointcf4803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      as if just by watching this you are not going to get flagged..

    • @marcusfranconium3392
      @marcusfranconium3392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      actualy you can buy these plants for decorating your house or as medical purposes . as ricine like the Taxus plant provide main ingredients for chemo .

  • @avinashmishra6863
    @avinashmishra6863 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I used to play with these seeds during my childhood. In my area these plant used to give seeds in summer. Crushing them gives an oily white paste. We childern used to take collect those seeds.
    The game i still remember is that two people take on seed each and try to crush the other. Didn't knew it was that deadly because sometimes we have crused them in our mouth.

    • @desidrama1886
      @desidrama1886 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Wow man I used to do the same thing with my friends. Was scraed watching the video. Innocent Indian village games. Where are you from brother

    • @Alexb.92
      @Alexb.92 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same thing with the yuca plant root, uncooked is poisonous

    • @BonginkosiMngadi-p1r
      @BonginkosiMngadi-p1r หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a fat lie!!!😅

    • @ARloismad
      @ARloismad 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s just natural selection

  • @Aebischer1984
    @Aebischer1984 ปีที่แล้ว +1301

    “ Good-Bye Lydia” 😎

    • @davidwashington4282
      @davidwashington4282 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Lydia's symptoms were like a flu, not exactly what we learn here

    • @sapphicjade6375
      @sapphicjade6375 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      BRO

    • @vinitvsankhe
      @vinitvsankhe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I made my bit to make "the 1000th Like" possible for you.

    • @SeagullLung
      @SeagullLung 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂

  • @kefeng6805
    @kefeng6805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1213

    When I was a child, I was warned that castor seeds are poisonous. So I played with the seeds but never chewed it. But I knew that poor families in my village, who could not afford to buy cooking oil, would rub castor seed on woks to release the oil. I never understood how they were not poisoned as they do that everyday. Thank you for your video and some search I finally found the answer. Ricin is destroyed at high temperature.

    • @ohio72213
      @ohio72213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      That is indeed a great bit of info to know

    • @ReptilianAnusWizzard
      @ReptilianAnusWizzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Well also poor people have better immune System since they are closer to Wild Animals then Humans

    • @zeinab9222
      @zeinab9222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +393

      @@ReptilianAnusWizzard not how that works

    • @ReptilianAnusWizzard
      @ReptilianAnusWizzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@zeinab9222 sorry i Was watching a lot of Videos from Davos, it got in to my System

    • @TheGrassManissaviour
      @TheGrassManissaviour 2 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      @@zeinab9222 wrongo in fact, sir. homeless people actually develop strong coats of natural armor about a year after they become homeless. If you are homeless from birth, It will be a lot stronger an tougher than newer homeless armors. Also, homeless people can spit toxic acid at their foes, burning off their flesh in self defense. They can build a strong iron like stomach by chowing down on casta beans daily. Homeless people are not to be messed with. Homeless shelters are like stationary tanks in some ways.

  • @robkorczak
    @robkorczak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +973

    Oh wow, wasn't expecting you to cover the assassination attempt on my dad Boris Korczak. If you want more details about that shooting just let me know and I'll tell you the hell that followed. He was shot with the pellet in Vienna Virginia at a Grocery store while I was next to him as we were picking out tangerines. What followed was pure hell that scarred me for life. Yes, Dad did survive but it was a harrowing and long recovery.

    • @GamesNew2Me
      @GamesNew2Me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wait, for real?

    • @robkorczak
      @robkorczak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@GamesNew2Me @Games New 2 Me Unfortunately yes, 100% for real. I was 8 years old at the time, and I remember that day like it was yesterday. It wasn't unusual for Dad to be followed by the FBI so this trip to the grocery store was no different. A little beige car followed us and when we parked it disapeaed in the parking lot. My dad's friend noticed a man pushing a cart but not actually shopping as there was nothing in it and he was dressed unseasonably warmly for summer in Virginia summer. The rest played out as I said in my OP. We got home, I was watching cartoons while lying on the floor in front of the TV and suddenly Dad got terribly sick and all hell broke loose from there.

    • @floorskin1
      @floorskin1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bruh.

    • @DJTourniquet
      @DJTourniquet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Damn dude, sorry that happened but I'm glad he made it

    • @robkorczak
      @robkorczak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@DJTourniquet Thanks. It was an ordeal.

  • @tinkerlynch5276
    @tinkerlynch5276 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    I've known about castor plants for rodent control since I was very young. My maternal Grandparents would plant them every so many feet in the rows of root/tuber vegetables to kill voles and moles because they would eat the roots of the castor plant on their way to the turnips, carrots, rutabagas, etc. The plants were kept pruned to encourage more root growth, and cut down on seed pods.

    • @joshb6993
      @joshb6993 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Crafty! That's interesting

    • @sk-dr8zu
      @sk-dr8zu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Risin is only present in fatty parts of the plant, like seed, pollen, and bran.

  • @4Roman204
    @4Roman204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3518

    "No, we won't get into more details than that"
    Me, a biologist: You've already said enough

    • @Debonair.Aristocrat
      @Debonair.Aristocrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Tell us how to make it.

    • @dannyrocky8530
      @dannyrocky8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      @@Debonair.Aristocrat it’s seriously very easy to get the ricin out of it… you just need to invest round about 100$ for the chemistry glassware, so you can begin. I also thought about extracting it at the school with my teacher and we had a whole plan how to do this.
      Edit: because some people are really stupid: no I didn’t planned to synthesize a biochemical poisonous Weapon like ricin… we build a plan with a teacher, with which we could theoretically do this. It was a scientific work about poisonous plants. It was rather a plan for didactic learning, because it’s part of normal chemistry education, how to separate molecules from each other in plants

    • @dannyrocky8530
      @dannyrocky8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @Joe Sure, Not it’s like: hey you have a Plan of how building a gun at home. Cool. This doesn’t means that you want to build a gun… theoretical Knowledge isn’t illegal

    • @SpecialEDy
      @SpecialEDy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@dannyrocky8530 Building a gun at home is perfectly legal though, I just finished one two days ago...

    • @andrewhackney6286
      @andrewhackney6286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@SpecialEDy As an American who enjoys build firearms and loading my own ammo at home, our laws do not encompass the entire work. There are plenty of places where you are not allowed to manufacture weapons at home.

  • @DocSunshine
    @DocSunshine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1366

    “This won’t be exhibit A in some federal case”
    “If you wanted to blanket a 100 km area...”

    • @TheKing60210
      @TheKing60210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Before watching this video. What would happen if someone were to chew on Ricin. They look like Snails

    • @wildatlanticwitch5942
      @wildatlanticwitch5942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @carddamom tiocfaidh ár lá!

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Good to see metrics, not cave-man units.

    • @awzthemusicalreviews
      @awzthemusicalreviews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheKing60210 I imagine it'd be quicker, but I'm now morbidly interested myself

    • @rdn6933
      @rdn6933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheKing60210 apparently only a 6% mortality rate from people chewing on Castor Beans

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    When I was a kid, we had Castor Bean plants - left by a former owner. My mother was weeding around them one day and beans were falling on the ground. Our stupid dog ate one of two of them and immediately threw them up. I knew they were toxic, but I had no idea how poisonous they were. The dog lived to an old age.

    • @milosterwheeler2520
      @milosterwheeler2520 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@hawkeye1776 He was just generally not bright. But no dog ever had a sweeter disposition.

    • @kieranrollinson8750
      @kieranrollinson8750 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I AM FROM THE FUTURE: "PRESENTING EXHIBIT A"!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! :D :D

    • @jirikurto3859
      @jirikurto3859 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@milosterwheeler2520 Do you think your dog would've dated me because I love dogs?

    • @mothsmothy
      @mothsmothy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jirikurto3859 ...i believe you may have forgotten to go to therapy

    • @stevendeen4391
      @stevendeen4391 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I recall this information from Breaking Bad

  • @Kay-Renee
    @Kay-Renee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    My dad had no idea that castor beans were poisonous so he ate a bunch like they were peanuts. He got really sick and couldn't walk but he survived with some basic care after a night at the hospital. (In Jamaica)

  • @peridoodle2644
    @peridoodle2644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1321

    When I was a kid my friends and I used castor beans from a plant growing on the edge of our elementary school's field as play currency. I remember opening the shells around the bean with my teeth once. I also remember biting into a bean, and panicking because I thought it might be poisonous so I washed out my mouth with water. So I guess I wasn't completely retarded.

    • @user-uc4vg4rg9e
      @user-uc4vg4rg9e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      your instincts as a kid were pretty damn good

    • @SephirothRyu
      @SephirothRyu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Trust your instincts, Fox McCloud!

    • @guidononya7368
      @guidononya7368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      That's what I am afraid of. I don't want my grandkids or my dogs to find these and decide to chew on them. I don't see how beans come from thorny looking plants though.

    • @user-yv2cz8oj1k
      @user-yv2cz8oj1k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only partially.

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      No, but the school and city are pretty negligent to let this grow near a school!

  • @X1M43
    @X1M43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    Me, seeing this video: adds to "watch later" list
    FBI, seeing me do that: adds to "watch later" list

    • @bsphillips1
      @bsphillips1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Excuse me. I believe you meant to say "FBI, seeing me do that: adds to ""watch NOW"" list...with the rest of us here. Welcome aboard, comrad.

    • @riga5372
      @riga5372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's great

  • @henriquekonradt541
    @henriquekonradt541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +877

    Once when I was a child I for some reason harvested a handful of these beans just because I tough they looked pretty. Then for some still unknown reason proceeded to mash them all into a paste with a rock. Just now, over a decade later, I realised how bloody close I came from meeting the maker, I'm shaking...

    • @CheapSkateGamer96
      @CheapSkateGamer96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Probably not. Castor oil tastes absolutely disgusting, not to mention it gives you the shits from hell at much smaller doses than the lethal dose. Would you have had a bad time? Absolutely. Would you have died? Probably not.

    • @Americanwoman74
      @Americanwoman74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@CheapSkateGamer96 back when my mom was a kid they gave that shyt to children.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@CheapSkateGamer96 You would ideally need to separate the ricin containing pulp from the castor oil. Acetone is good for that.

    • @LT-jc8dv
      @LT-jc8dv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Totally understand getting the seeds for their prettiness.
      I had a handful of these for years in my teens just because they had beautiful patterns.

    • @BamBam-ch4vu
      @BamBam-ch4vu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Demons working overtime

  • @miguelgo4039
    @miguelgo4039 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Looks like I'll need a coffee grinder.

    • @NathanBrown-z7o
      @NathanBrown-z7o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mine is off limit's till I get a new one.

  • @_letstartariot
    @_letstartariot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    As a emergency physician I have come across cyanide poisoning once before. The person survived but they were severely disabled by it permanently. Hydroxocobalamin (antidote called cyanokit/very high dose B12) saved their life. But I’ve never seen ricin poisoning irl. There would be nothing we could do as you mentioned except supportive treatment/palliative care. It’s just always blown my mind how easy it is to acquire.

    • @titaniusanglesmith9690
      @titaniusanglesmith9690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      how were they exposed to the cyanide?

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The B12 antidote for Cyanide is really interesting, the most common version used in supplements is cyanocobalamin, and basically hydroxocobalamin absorbs the cyanide to form cyanocobalamin, which your body just gets rid of as B vitamins are water soluble.

    • @taraswertelecki3786
      @taraswertelecki3786 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope you never do, ricin is a very swiftly acting and lethal poison that destroys cells from within by blocking protein synthesis. There is no antidote for ricin poisoning. One does not have to look far to find castor bean plants to get the beans that contain the toxin.

    • @starleighpersonal
      @starleighpersonal ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@titaniusanglesmith9690 some people eat nuts that contain a small amount of a chemical containing cyinade. 2 or 3 nuts is fine but some people decide to binge eat whole bags like popcorn

    • @knotttaylorrayne2338
      @knotttaylorrayne2338 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are very pretty

  • @philip8498
    @philip8498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +495

    that advice on not googling "necrosis of the flesh" was very good. i didnt take it, but now that i didnt take it i can say firsthand that it is excellent advice

    • @joyos413
      @joyos413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Omg 🤮. I’m sorry my curiosity got the best of me

    • @QuanTrietLOL
      @QuanTrietLOL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My grandpa was paralyzed after a major stroke for 2 years. I dont think I need to google it anymore
      Edit: I did try, and uhmm, yeah, just about what I expect. Maybe my childhood is not as peaceful as I though

    • @brucewelty7684
      @brucewelty7684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MRSA?

    • @justamicrowave2572
      @justamicrowave2572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Dacia Sandero guys I’ve seen a person’s finger get degloved in an accident with a rope. One of the worse things I’ve ever seen.

    • @Cat-pv6yx
      @Cat-pv6yx ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TLDS (too late don’t search) basically what happened to Gus Fring’s face except that it’s natural

  • @IrishMike22
    @IrishMike22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2274

    "No, I won't show you how to make ricin...."
    Well there goes today's upvote.

    • @bronzeblade776
      @bronzeblade776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      FBI: Interesting maneuver

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      🤣

    • @Frank074
      @Frank074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Smash that dislike button!

    • @wastedtalent1625
      @wastedtalent1625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      That's alright, I know of a deadly poison that is shockingly easy to get ahold of. It works on the brain, slowly eating away at the soft tissues until the victim becomes mentally retarded and eventually dies from a lethal overdose of hurt feelings. That's right, TikToc is that easy to get and is that dangerous, you've been warned

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@wastedtalent1625 🤣👍

  • @MarkG-h2y
    @MarkG-h2y 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    Since Ricin is a protein it should be possible to make an antibody which binds to it and renders it non-toxic. Snake venoms are also proteins and their antidotes are also antibodies.

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yet .. nope.

    • @MarkG-h2y
      @MarkG-h2y 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@THE-X-Force You don't know sh*t based on your response. No one has done it yet because Ricin use is so rare.

    • @MarkG-h2y
      @MarkG-h2y 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@THE-X-Force You...dope. A Ricin antidote would exist if Ricin poisoning was more common like snakebites.

    • @totallynotkevin4466
      @totallynotkevin4466 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Well yes. Researchers have also developed immunotoxins, which combine the targeting ability of an antibody with the toxicity of ricin. These immunotoxins can be designed to target specific cancer cells, delivering the toxic ricin A chain directly to the pathological cells.

    • @AnonCitizen000
      @AnonCitizen000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      WE FOUND HIM BOYS!! THE TH-cam COMMENT THAT SOLVES ADVANCED ISSUES!! IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE GIVE HIM THE NOBEL PEACE FOR SOLVING A INSOLVABLE PROBLEM!

  • @davidheagney7262
    @davidheagney7262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1681

    Jesse Pinkman thought Walt was going to poison Gus with Rice ‘n’ beans. Yo.

  • @farmerjohn2262
    @farmerjohn2262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +837

    Here in Florida the castor bean plants are common weeds that grow very large, up to 10 feet or more. I've warned my friends about their toxicity and they found it shocking that a plant that is such a common sight is so deadly.

    • @marnv2956
      @marnv2956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@ElegyVio please don't use the Lord's name in vain. God bless.

    • @ElegyVio
      @ElegyVio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@marnv2956 I didn’t, I was spreading the word

    • @Nibbenji2077
      @Nibbenji2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ElegyVio based

    • @harriettubman7316
      @harriettubman7316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@ElegyVio jesus was gay

    • @sonny2593
      @sonny2593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@harriettubman7316 he was gay with your dad

  • @asmundfryen7636
    @asmundfryen7636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    Imagine rolling up to your closest store and saying you need 4tons of caster beans and the biggest coffegrinder they have

    • @AaronG912
      @AaronG912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Don't drink the kool aid

    • @AlexanderTheGoodEnough
      @AlexanderTheGoodEnough 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      As long as you didn't ask for directions to the local water supply, I wouldn't be too worried.

    • @PhillipHilton
      @PhillipHilton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is why I'm always very polite to my barista.

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, that's too big.

    • @africanelectron751
      @africanelectron751 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty easy to get 4 tons of that stuff in Zimbabwe.

  • @brushstroke3733
    @brushstroke3733 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I see these plants growing wild all around the roadside, especially near freeway overpasses. Someone once told me they were poisonous, but I never knew the name of the plant. Thank you for finally revealing what plant they are! Now I know my go-to if I'm ever feeling like I'm tired of living. So glad to know I can make my own "medicine."

    • @TechnoRaabe
      @TechnoRaabe ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There are a some free apps that can identify plants by just taking a photo of them.

    • @jetbllackwings
      @jetbllackwings 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      share some with me too

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jetbllackwings 🤗

    • @loudy12
      @loudy12 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wondering if they're the annoying spiky things that stick to your socks and jeans

    • @antibull4869
      @antibull4869 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Permanent solution to temporary problems seems like a fantastic way to deal with issues (sarcasm).

  • @mrnicktoyou
    @mrnicktoyou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +633

    Those ricin beans look like some weird poisonous snails or something.

    • @Fszb
      @Fszb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      google weed seeds its crazy how similar it looks

    • @WalkToPoland
      @WalkToPoland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Fszb that's the comment that I was looking for damn near identical indeed lol

    • @goodguy...badrep.
      @goodguy...badrep. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Immediately what I thought. Hemp seeds.

    • @ami5marion
      @ami5marion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Fszb the size is significantly different tho

    • @dhruvin2391
      @dhruvin2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My uncle is farmer and castor is major crop of the year. I never knew it can be used as deadly poison befor watching breaking bad.

  • @WiseSnake
    @WiseSnake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    If you plan on growing this plant yourself, I recommend cutting the flower stalks off soon after flowering or the pods, once dry, will cast beans all over the place, which quickly germinate. So they do have a tendency to become an invasive species in my area. It's an impressive plant, grows huge very quickly. But I got tired of dealing with seedlings popping up everywhere.

    • @harrywalker5836
      @harrywalker5836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so,its a weed..like pepercorn trees.

    • @wesleybaker8188
      @wesleybaker8188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good easy to grow it sounds like. Halloween will be canceled one day because of risin I feel it

    • @gemfyre855
      @gemfyre855 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's an awful weed in Australia. Most empty lots have at least one plant growing on them, especially if it was an old market gardening area.

  • @MIsterISmiley
    @MIsterISmiley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    "Ferb I know what we're gonna do today."

    • @borgorkming8885
      @borgorkming8885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I just laughed my ass off on a video talking about one of the most deadliest poisons in the world. Thank you

    • @LuckyBadger
      @LuckyBadger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

  • @goodlowe6532
    @goodlowe6532 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Sad to have to watch something like this because you're afraid your 'friend' brought it up casually and now you're worried about why....

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I remember the 2013 incident, where one part-rime karate instructor and Elvis impersonator tried to frame his rival karate instructor/Elvis impersonator. The guy who turned out *not* to be the poisoner was a hilarious character. When the police said he was suspected of mailing ricin, he said, without irony, “Can’t be. I don’t even eat rice.” I always thought he’d be a great subject for one of those reality shows where a camera crew just follows him around during his daily activities.

    • @WildTurtleTakeover
      @WildTurtleTakeover 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      your comment was literally an entire portion of the video

    • @stevenattanasso2003
      @stevenattanasso2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@WildTurtleTakeover He's not Gary Cooper , either .....

    • @nmxsanchez
      @nmxsanchez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't even eat rice! Hysterical

  • @seventh-seraph-cqc-1225
    @seventh-seraph-cqc-1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    “I will not being going into anymore detail than that. This is infotainment not Exhibit A”
    my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

  • @Sir.Leonardo.Scherer
    @Sir.Leonardo.Scherer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1535

    You forgot to mention that time a governor in Brazil ate castor beans on national TV and said it tastes good..then the president told him it's poisonous...

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Was the President's name Montgomery Burns? LOL. Excellent! Release the hounds!

    • @LeahBouley
      @LeahBouley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      You can’t cure that kinda stupid xD

    • @sakabula1285
      @sakabula1285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      What happened to him?

    • @JeffTheHokie
      @JeffTheHokie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @@LeahBouley That kind of stupid cures itself. Permenantly.

  • @ICU-X1
    @ICU-X1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    0:01 At first, i thought ut was Michael from V-Sauce

  • @milesdufourny4813
    @milesdufourny4813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    The oil from castor beans is used as a pre-mix lubricant for two stroke engines. It offers better cylinder protection than any of the synthetics.

    • @aarontuplin
      @aarontuplin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But what about metal! To metal! Contact?

    • @emily.g.929
      @emily.g.929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Sorry if this is a stupid question, but: Is that why that one brand of engine oil is called Castrol?

    • @markdavis2475
      @markdavis2475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes,according to Wikipedia

    • @dp-sr1fd
      @dp-sr1fd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wasn't castor oil used in the very early aero engines?

    • @mountainrescue777
      @mountainrescue777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Castor oil. It's a full blown corporate company!

  • @anguskeenan4932
    @anguskeenan4932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    Dear FBI agent: I am going to google chromatography after watching this, I promise I won’t kill anyone.

    • @TerribleShmeltingAccident
      @TerribleShmeltingAccident 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Yet.

    • @AbruptandOffensive
      @AbruptandOffensive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Why did I literally say this to my phone camera? 🤣

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@AbruptandOffensive just in case your NSA handler was watching. Very thoughtful of you.

    • @playgirl7305
      @playgirl7305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No one, apart from your wife that discovered that secret 200 000 dollar life insurance policy you signed to cover her and your kids just in case you die, maybe from covid 19 or something.

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Right? Exactly my thought process when Simon refused to train me as a bioterrorist ;)

  • @Kimillions
    @Kimillions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    Biographics: Skips how to make ricin
    Biographics 2 seconds later: We've seen how terribly easy it is to make ricin.

    • @necrophagus9
      @necrophagus9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I imagine you could do an acid/base extraction then crystalize.

    • @anniebell6846
      @anniebell6846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@necrophagus9 I appreciate how scienceee you got.

    • @Simon-ho6ly
      @Simon-ho6ly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@anniebell6846 put it this way... there are more difficult entry level cake recipes.. its really like what at university we called "bucket and spade chemistry" like you can be pretty sloppy and rough with the amounts and methods and it should still work fine

    • @erwingifslang
      @erwingifslang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you have a basic knowledge of chemisty the only extra info you need is the formula so you know which chromography technique to use and in which part of the chromography you will find it

    • @necrophagus9
      @necrophagus9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erwingifslang Do you figure a full alkaloid extraction wouldn't work? I don't know the particular steps for isolating ricinine.

  • @oliverholm3973
    @oliverholm3973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Awesome tutorial man, really appreciate it 👍

  • @arbynChief617
    @arbynChief617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +569

    "Goodbye, Lydia." - Walter White. His last words after poisoning her with Ricin.

  • @alaiaron
    @alaiaron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    Never knew that it is poisonous. But it was once a common cultivation here in our place at Assam, India, to feed the silkworm. It is called "Endee" in our language and silkworm is called "Endee Emphou", worm that live on "Endee" and the cloth made of its thread is again called "Endee Si" cloth made by "Endee". One can esily guess how this plant was so much attached to us not as a poison but as a part of life :) .

    • @jamiejenkinson7029
      @jamiejenkinson7029 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      People like you are precious, sharing the joys of knowledge,

    • @midnight7224
      @midnight7224 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm from the north eastern part of India in the state of Nagaland and it's basically the same here except we eat the worm as well (properly cooked of course) i also remember eating the seed of the plant during my early teens ending with a slight dizzyness and the taste was awful too..Never knew it was poisonous until now 😂

    • @alaiaron
      @alaiaron ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@midnight7224 I think we NE people have same eating habit. 🐌, 🦗, 🐁, 🐛, 🐝, All are deliciou.

    • @action1093
      @action1093 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alaiaron Ahem Ahem 🗿

    • @spring.on.neptune
      @spring.on.neptune ปีที่แล้ว

      thats actually so cool!

  • @xessenceofinsanityx
    @xessenceofinsanityx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +751

    My mum really freaked me out when she told me she uses ricin on her hair.
    Turns out, castor oil is called ricin in French.

    • @sjeason
      @sjeason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Well....they do come from the same plant sooooooooooo

    • @mentalpopcorn2304
      @mentalpopcorn2304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's just... Incorrect. It's like calling the leaf on an apple tree an apple. Sure, caster oil comes from the ricin bean, but it's just not ricin.

    • @sjeason
      @sjeason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@mentalpopcorn2304 you point out that both come from the ricin bean so they do come from the same part of the plant. So it’s not like calling the leaf of an apple tree the same as the apple, it would be like calling the apple and the apple seeds inside the same thing. Sure they’re different but they are both from the same collective thing.

    • @nomeyodomar
      @nomeyodomar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also in Portuguese "rícino"

    • @nomeyodomar
      @nomeyodomar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sjeason Exactly!!!

  • @radscorpion8
    @radscorpion8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you biographics for this very useful knowledge :)

    • @DRAGONFLAIR2008
      @DRAGONFLAIR2008 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You need suppliy? (Chill fbi this is a joke)

  • @duskdawn8054
    @duskdawn8054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +887

    I’m definitely writing ricin into one of my stories.
    And I’m definitely going to find myself on a watchlist researching this, aren’t I?

    • @craziestgolem4209
      @craziestgolem4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Not likely as in reality people don't just end up on a watchlist. The amount of people who look up things kind of topics is so many that it would just be a waste of resources to monitor everyone so it usually boils down to if you were a suspect in a murder and then they find your researching by searching your computer. If you live in a country with free of information acts then you can always request your personal file if you really want to know

    • @Xgil2Play
      @Xgil2Play 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably not. Knowledge is free, it's only when you go around shopping that things get hairy.

    • @oldmurk-eye
      @oldmurk-eye 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You're on the list

    • @jonathanbarnes3061
      @jonathanbarnes3061 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If your heart is pure you'll be invisible.

    • @maevependragon
      @maevependragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saaaaaame

  • @s.l.wymansrockinwriting6633
    @s.l.wymansrockinwriting6633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    As a writer. I thank you for adding to my probability of being on a government watch list

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      For 10 years, I've jokingly call out "Hello, Mr. FBI agent, sir" online after my husband warned that I was definitely on an FBI list when, for a story I was working on, I looked up the best poison (with a rabbit hole adventure into ricin), what did human flesh taste like, fastest motorcycle on the market at the time, the best illegal way to cross the U.S./Mexican border, and I ended up seeking some historical help on a forum of what I took to be WWII history buffs only to realize it was a Neo-Nazi website. Whoopsie doodle!

    • @orc001
      @orc001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rhov-anion haha "Whoopsie Doodle"... What a great phrase to instantly lose the respect of anyone reading a comment

    • @patrikfrroku7215
      @patrikfrroku7215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@orc001 nah, gained mine

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      If you aren't on a government watch list by now, you're living life all wrong.

    • @ronakroshan7878
      @ronakroshan7878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rhov-anion Did you finish the story? Can we read it?

  • @1ryanlc
    @1ryanlc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Fun fact from working in a mail room - Macadamia nuts will test positive for ricin. A customer was eating a cookie when she sealed the envelope that she mailed to us 🙄

    • @gavrochethenardier957
      @gavrochethenardier957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that's gross who still seals envelopes with saliva these days?

    • @Haloman2458
      @Haloman2458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      People who arent weak blooded

    • @redtsunami326
      @redtsunami326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Haloman2458 lol so true

    • @grimace4257
      @grimace4257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@gavrochethenardier957
      You gonna dab your finger in water and run it along the glue? 😂
      The soyest of boys

    • @shockshplock3480
      @shockshplock3480 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Haloman2458 Exactly, only the weakest of men do otherwise.

  • @josefmazzeo6628
    @josefmazzeo6628 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    From watching the Netflix series Ozark I learned that apple seeds can be crushed and used to make poison for ingestion. I think peach pits can be used too. So many poisons around us!

    • @TATPMuncher
      @TATPMuncher 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Arsenic i think

    • @jamesgaskin7757
      @jamesgaskin7757 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cyanide; ​@@TATPMuncher

  • @Saaahn
    @Saaahn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    I remember doing a whole presentation in health class cause we we doing a unto on diseases and viruses and stuff like that and I picked ricin… i was always the class clown so after the serious PowerPoint the last slide just said “im now on a government watchlist so thank you mrs.billings for this” she wasn’t happy she took off 5 points lmao

    • @adammazeli
      @adammazeli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      5 point? Well time to use your knowledge you get from her class and applied on her as a form of gratitude. Maybe you can improve her coffee or tea

    • @gmccool1576
      @gmccool1576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@adammazeli “your coffee looks a little too bitter Mrs. Billings how about I help you with that?”

    • @bigdogteigan1231
      @bigdogteigan1231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If you’ve just called yourself the class clown than you weren’t funny just like this comment 👍

    • @DevilcakeLive
      @DevilcakeLive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@bigdogteigan1231 or they meant that they liked joking and laughing and didn't give a damn about people's random and unbased opinions :D

    • @KristiContemplates
      @KristiContemplates 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I woulda given that last comment extra points for the realistic legal commentary

  • @billcoon8607
    @billcoon8607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I work in the chemical industry with some particularly ghastly substances. Simon, I'll have to see if I can find you one of the "Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole time you're dying " stickers I wear on my hardhat.....

    • @policewitness5181
      @policewitness5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From AvE by any chance? I've got some of those, and "not to be operated by fuckwits", "Don't ask to borrow my tools, and I won't ask to borrow your girlfriend", "Do not dumb here. This id s dumb free area", and "Trust me, I'm a pipefitter".

    • @AnmoghostHunters
      @AnmoghostHunters 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hay

  • @beagleissleeping5359
    @beagleissleeping5359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Next episode of Business Blaze: List of idiots who accidentally poisoned themselves with ricin trying to manufacture it in order to poison someone else. 🔥

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He said "Ricinus communist" as a secret shoutout to Danny. 🔥 Allegedly!

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I figure they would fall in the same IQ range as bombers who blow themselves up.
      Smart enough to do it, dumb enough to skip safety steps or think the equipment they were using was "good enough".

    • @Adjuni
      @Adjuni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@slcpunk2740 Ricinius communis is the Latin name for the castor bean. :P

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Adjuni yeah I know but if you listen close he says communist

    • @hipeeps1000
      @hipeeps1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And next on The Casual Criminalist: Victims of Ricin poisoning

  • @nonadini490
    @nonadini490 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Used to play with this seeds when i was kid, keeping them as collection. Never knew it was poisonus. None even aware of that i guess, none ever told me to throw it away. People in the village use the leaf to prevent cold, steam the leaf and use it like a patch and put it on chest or tummy.

  • @QuotesBrewery
    @QuotesBrewery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +224

    We played with Ricin a lot in our childhood, especially after finding it in fields and then removing shells and breaking it with fingers, but luckily no one died.

    • @_TRB_
      @_TRB_ ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Kid named finger:

    • @jonathon559
      @jonathon559 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@_TRB_😂😂

  • @codygooch510
    @codygooch510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I’m a plumber and I once did a job for an old sheriff. Not a deputy, but a sheriff. (The difference being the sheriff is an elected official and is the top dog of the whole county and a deputy is just one of his officers) He was well into his 80’s. He told me numerous crazy stories about how different the times were when he was a first voted in as sheriff in the 70’s. He spoke about things that he got away with and things he almost got caught for and different court cases he was able to help with for his friends around the county. Once I finished up we walked out to the front door and I asked him about this beautiful plant he had on the edge of his porch. He says-
    “oh you’d never imagine what that is. It’s a caster plant. You can pretty much boil it down and make ricin with it. I was given the plant in my early 20’s by a local fbi guy I used to drink with” I left there and my imagination didn’t stop running for a full week lol.

    • @jhunhior
      @jhunhior 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yikes 😬

    • @isaidwtfover
      @isaidwtfover ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I know the difference between a sheriff and a deputy.

  • @trascendentalsunset
    @trascendentalsunset 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I actually have a very grim story related to this. In my city this plant is very very common, actually you can find it everywhere in the city and my family used to have one in the garden. It is a very beautiful plant in my opinion. But when i was a kid my cousin was trying to make a necklace out of seeds and he picked those ones (we had no idea it was poison) my cousin made orifices in the seeds by chewing them and he ended up in critical condition, gladly he recovered but damn he could have died.

  • @phils4634
    @phils4634 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such quality infotainment, and yes, you don't need to be too capable to extract ricin from Castor Bean Mash. It is a protein (actually a glycoprotein) which immediately provides those with the knowledge (and not too expensive equipment) the ability to effectively purify this.

  • @JL-cn1qi
    @JL-cn1qi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Curiosity stream: " Wait, we just sponsered what now ? "

  • @leoaraujo8590
    @leoaraujo8590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Fun fact: In the whole entirety of Brazil, the Mamona plant (the plant of which the seed produces both ricin and castor oil) grows everywhere. Most people had their childhood playing "war" by throwing the seeds at each other, the seeds are protected by some kind of spikes and it hurts like hell. Look up "Semente de mamona" (Mamona's Seed).
    Another fun fact: In brazilian portuguese, "castor oil" is called "óleo de rícino" or "ricin oil".

    • @TomDytorn
      @TomDytorn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eyooo malaysian here, we play that too

    • @thorny8013
      @thorny8013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Random Brazilian Fact Appreciated

    • @rdxdt
      @rdxdt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mamonas Assassinas

    • @braindecay9477
      @braindecay9477 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We call it Rizinus Öl in German. I'm not aware of the plant tho, afaik I've never seen it

    • @TheBomberOfChannels
      @TheBomberOfChannels ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Here in Germany we did the same thing but not with these plants we used "Kastanien" (chestnuts) and threw them at each other and the chestnuts have also a EXTREMLY spikey and PAINFUL shell but the fun part Was when the chestnuts shell busted open so we could make little figures out of the inside chestnuts

  • @arturomartinezmoctezuma8454
    @arturomartinezmoctezuma8454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I grew up in Mexico where these plants were very common, we used to throw these around at each other because they hurt like a MF when the fruit of the beans dried lol

    • @edub9930
      @edub9930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Exactly. I would visit my cousins & the plants are everywhere. We used to play doing the same exact thing. Throw them at each other. Didnt know we were literally throwing poison at each other

    • @Anone_Anone
      @Anone_Anone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We used rubber seed back then when i was kid, google it, looks very similar, used to play it as strenght-test, it was tough as rock but it's crackable, whoever crack more,they win 😅

    • @joegar3174
      @joegar3174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same here we use slingshot to launch them we bleed and cry.

    • @i.r.4378
      @i.r.4378 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Little bio-terrorists 😜

  • @vishatubeful
    @vishatubeful 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The caster oil is traditionally used in India to cleanup the gut. Yes, old people (my grandma and grandpa any anyone who were born before 1950) used to drink the oil once in 6 months.

  • @wilsonthomas8165
    @wilsonthomas8165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    In our region of the world, South East of Nigeria, Castor Beans is a very important food condiment and my people have been eating it for centuries.
    We remove the shells, boil it for hours, ferment it for a week, then wrapped in dried leaves and stored in fridges or at fireplace.
    You can't imagine cooking bitter leaf soup without this condiment.
    It's strange to watch this video and learn that we've been toying with a potent poison.
    Well, we won't stop.

    • @andreaberryman5354
      @andreaberryman5354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Here in America, we eat wild mushrooms that contain same structure as jet fuel and VERY deadly unless cooked out-but inhaling the fumes can be lethal as well. So, no worries. The cabbage family is incredibly toxic for a large number of creatures, and those are my favorite foods!🤣

    • @andrewcarson5850
      @andrewcarson5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Hmmm, interesting. It must have been a few decades of trial and error before they came up with that recipe. I wouldn't have liked to be a guinea pig for the chef! What does it taste like?

    • @joergeabanador2423
      @joergeabanador2423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      ...like he say racin destroyed if its under go high heat...so you done it right by boiling it for hours to avoid poisoning...

    • @smashlol5930
      @smashlol5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No wonder why Africa have very low life expectancy

    • @aryayashwantmehta
      @aryayashwantmehta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indians use it as herbal medicine

  • @snakey934Snakeybakey
    @snakey934Snakeybakey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I'm just here to compliment Simon on his increasingly Vikingesque beard.
    Leave me alone FBI

  • @econoroller
    @econoroller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Castor bean was growing all over the place where I grew up, it was very common. I was never warned it was poisonous, but only told not to eat the beans because "they aren't edible" I can remember the neighbor's horse sticking his head over the fence and eating the leaves of it...I wonder if he ever ate the beans and survived? I know for a fact he ate the oleander leaves that he could reach, and he seemed to even like them. Maybe he was a defected Bulgarian draft horse seeking to build up his immunity in case the equine secret police came looking for him? All I know is "Rebel" was sure a cool ol' fella and was already pretty old when I had moved away at age 14, but seemed to be in remarkably good health. The other sad possibility I've considered is Rebel was trying to buy the big ticket out, coz I don't remember him ever being taken on the trail by my neighbors the whole 14 years I was living there. The poor guy spent all that time imprisoned alone in a corral run about 15' X 50' That would probably drive any living creature with a soul to engage in that kind of culinary roulette....

  • @greyjamiesod4989
    @greyjamiesod4989 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I lived in Turkie for years, where ricinus grew wild. No problems, it's a beautiful plant that's well worth growing in your garden. Seed available from Plant World Seeds. ENJOY YOUR GARDEN.

  • @Silver-rx1mh
    @Silver-rx1mh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    "Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Is it done? Is he gone?
    Walter White : Yeah, It's done. He's gone. They're all gone.
    Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Todd? Who is this?
    Walter White : It's Walt. How are you feeling? Kind of under the weather, like you've got the flu? That would be the ricin I gave you, I slipped it into that Stevia crap you're always putting in your tea.
    Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Oh my God!
    Walter White : Well, goodbye, Lydia."

    • @steelerspittsburgh875
      @steelerspittsburgh875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I always thought Lydia was hot. Nasty character but sexy.

    • @konz2891
      @konz2891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@steelerspittsburgh875 be careful with that bud, could take you somewhere dangerous.

    • @steelerspittsburgh875
      @steelerspittsburgh875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@konz2891 lol

    • @jhellert1
      @jhellert1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best dialogue of the whole show!

    • @paintingphoenix6473
      @paintingphoenix6473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You dug deep AF. I expect you to write a novel. I'll be waiting. I want first copy. Start now please. I'm excited.

  • @oppaloopa3698
    @oppaloopa3698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Oh jeeze I was like 11 durin the 2013 letters. I remember seein Elvis on the tv say “Ricin? I don’t even eat rice.”
    Was definitely a moment.

  • @susanlbk
    @susanlbk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    "While each is about as fun as a Porcupine enema..." That visualization really hurt. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @language.wanderer
    @language.wanderer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to play with those seeds when I was a kid. I smashed them, sometimes I burned them. I'm quite sure I have even tried to eat them, to find out how it tastes. It grows everywhere over here. I have never heard of its poisonous nature.

  • @COINAGE656
    @COINAGE656 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Well done m8, you literally told us all about the subject of the video BEFORE showing off your sponsor....thats just lovely. thanks for that!

  • @gibbogle9486
    @gibbogle9486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As a young man I lived for a while in a shared house that had a castor bean plant. I was intrigued by the seeds (beans), and a strung a lot on a nylon line to make a necklace for my mother. She thought it was beautiful. It was many years later that I learned that these beans are poisonous. Luckily no harm was done.

  • @jamescrud
    @jamescrud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Wife: "What are you watching?"
    Me: "Nothing".

    • @maniamania4227
      @maniamania4227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ahahahahaah

    • @barelyawake868
      @barelyawake868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      FBI Agent: "he lyin"

    • @johngrepo9976
      @johngrepo9976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ohhh that's dark

    • @hihooman
      @hihooman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Sometimes it's better to say "porn"

    • @Peta_CHAD69
      @Peta_CHAD69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd have screamed "WHAT DO YOU WOMAN!?!? I'M WATCHING A PORNOGRAPHY!!!!!" because it'd be far easier to explain.

  • @Svs189
    @Svs189 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We used the oil,Caster Oil,get from this seeds for many generations and helped reduced body heat as well as a Laxative

  • @RisenFaith-f3v
    @RisenFaith-f3v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I wasn’t aware that this lil seed was this powerful, we used to have them in our backyard and I was told that they are dangerous but nobody was ever aware of them being this poisonous.

  • @tlalocaztecgod
    @tlalocaztecgod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I guess I am one of those people who ate the beans. Growing up south in Mexico we use to play with the grease beans since plants grow as wild weed in certain areas and very easy to plant. We use the big leaves as umbrellas to protect us from the sun. As a child I never heard of anyone dying from eating the beans and I never remember pain discomfort when I ingested. It does taste disgustingly oily sour.

    • @HarvinderSingh-yy8th
      @HarvinderSingh-yy8th 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not paralyzed.

    • @udaisinghboudh9579
      @udaisinghboudh9579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same in India. We used to eat during childhood days....

    • @DonFelixGallardo
      @DonFelixGallardo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know you get caster oil from those beans but the idea of biting into a bean and tasting oily? Sounds crazy

    • @samoldisgold83
      @samoldisgold83 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even i used to eat it in childhood😊

  • @laprankster3264
    @laprankster3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    9:56 “ricin can be destroyed by high temperatures” does that mean cooking castor beans to a high enough temperature can make them safe to eat?

    • @Notfallkaramell
      @Notfallkaramell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's the caae with other plants, so probably yes.

    • @chiefrabbi6735
      @chiefrabbi6735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Try it for us and report back.

    • @Notfallkaramell
      @Notfallkaramell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chiefrabbi6735 Or Google to be save...

    • @chiefrabbi6735
      @chiefrabbi6735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Notfallkaramell if he doesn’t reply we will assume he died

    • @Zeekstuff
      @Zeekstuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The poison is a protein and if it is exposed to high enough temperatures, it will denature making it inert. Don't ask me how I know this.

  • @AvalonFPS
    @AvalonFPS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    good job everyone now you are on a watchlist

  • @LolMarineBunny
    @LolMarineBunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I was really hoping this video's sponsor would've been Magic Spoon.

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Boom boom boom chissss

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Or a VPN that makes it harder to find out who/where you are when looking up sketchy stuff like ricin...... allegedly.

  • @dasboot109
    @dasboot109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Thanks dude, Now the FBI is listening to my calls and getting nightmares from my browser history again 😊

    • @kraanz
      @kraanz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Don't worry about their mental health, they've been numbed by your porn searches already.

    • @American-BadAss732
      @American-BadAss732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahaha

    • @mariagrace817
      @mariagrace817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They're doing that anyway long before this video was posted. "just because you're paranoid, dont mean they're not after you". Lol no , but really NSA FBI police all have been doing it to anyone and everyone since ,911 remember it's called the patriot act???

    • @seanbrazell6147
      @seanbrazell6147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stop cranking out blue meth and never, EVER use STIVIA and you'll be having absolutely NOTHING to worry about other than old angry disabled former drug lords in nursing homes who have a deep and abiding love of front desk bells, wheelchair bombs, and more spite than self preservation instinct.

    • @lord6617
      @lord6617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They never stopped in the first place.

  • @totalherenow
    @totalherenow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    There are good treatment options for ricin now - if you get some in you, and get to a hospital soon enough, and they identify the poisoning quickly, you'll very likely survive. Also, great episode as always, thanks :)

  • @amitalama157
    @amitalama157 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Say it"
    "Say the name"
    RICIN!!!
    YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT🕶

  • @McLarenMercedes
    @McLarenMercedes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "How are you feeling Lydia? I slipped ricin in the stevia crap you're always drinking."

  • @willriseabove6858
    @willriseabove6858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    imagine taking the time to amass 4 tons of ricin and make plans to hurt a mass of people but then the wind changes back to you lol

  • @Sommertest
    @Sommertest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Simon: Ricin was used in assassinations!
    Putin: hold my polonium

  • @GoodLiving7181
    @GoodLiving7181 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't know how this got in my suggestion feed, but here I am. I can't even finish the video. I'm already paranoid about biochemical warfare.

  • @prashantvicky
    @prashantvicky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    As a child we used to play with this. I never knew this was poisonous. A few times I chewed on it, just partly, to know how it tasted.

    • @danthomas6587
      @danthomas6587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It is the meat on the inside that is the problem. Freshly harvested beans are more toxic than old seeds. You maybe didn't injest enough of the meat of the seed to hurt yourself.

    • @effab1e200
      @effab1e200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      oh my god i bet you feel really lucky right now

    • @brandonavilez390
      @brandonavilez390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So did I, I would also crush them with a hammer because I thought it was fun to see them go everywhere

    • @JohnDarksoul69
      @JohnDarksoul69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too, I remember chewing a piece of a castor bean. Probably didn't die or got extremely sick because of the quantity and because it was an old castor bean idk

    • @susanthomas5299
      @susanthomas5299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you recall getting sick from it..?

  • @jfrazz9729
    @jfrazz9729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Thank you for this tutorial! 😉
    Love gardening with this plant.
    We have poison hemlock here and there and a stupid lucky visitor tried chewing the leaves and burned his tongue, had trouble breathing, and had tremors.

  • @sandeshsomwarpet
    @sandeshsomwarpet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Unbelievably, as a kid, unknowingly, I've eaten the seeds occasionally, like 10 to 20 seeds at a time. I used to separate the outer shell/cover using my teeth and eat the white part found inside. The Ricin plant is very common in the part of India I live in and there were many plants in our backyard.
    Thank God nothing happened to me.

    • @aryayashwantmehta
      @aryayashwantmehta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Used as medicine for vomiting and motion... Oil used as laxative with curds

    • @uwelesgold3036
      @uwelesgold3036 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude. You could’ve died

    • @GiraffeFlavored
      @GiraffeFlavored 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Why did your parents not stop their child from eating random plants in your backyard????

    • @sidequestsally
      @sidequestsally 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@GiraffeFlavored based on your username and your question, 'm given to guess you've no kiddoes of your own lol

    • @katua723
      @katua723 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Here too i know how it tastes i used to eat it while i was young...it never affected me...here in kenya in kamba laguage we call it bike

  • @giliy_18
    @giliy_18 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Lydia disliked this video

  • @Hillary92126
    @Hillary92126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Welp. Now I need to trim back my castor bean plant’s pods in my front yard for sure.

  • @anonymoose2517
    @anonymoose2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Walter White approves

    • @danyf.1442
      @danyf.1442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Damn...I was about to write the exact same comment😂

    • @Mansini77
      @Mansini77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Beat me to it. :)

    • @fatdaddyeddiejr
      @fatdaddyeddiejr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So does Jesse Pinkman.

    • @shockakon666
      @shockakon666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It actually took me alot longer than I thought it would to find a comment about bb.

    • @olivernicholds
      @olivernicholds 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shockakon666 I know eh😂

  • @ryanm.6005
    @ryanm.6005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Currently rewatching Breaking Bad and just saw the Ricin episode.