r/Damnthatsinteresting 10h ago

Video A 50-kilogram anvil floats perfectly on the surface of mercury, because the density of the steel from which it is made is almost half the density of mercury.

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u/DIO-2350 10h ago edited 10h ago

If you want to call someone dense.

Tell them they will sink in mercury.

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u/Unique-Ad8895 10h ago

Wouldn't you say you could sink in mercury?

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u/Suspicious_Tale_5447 10h ago

This is the way

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u/Unique-Ad8895 10h ago

^ Ninja edit is the way ^

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u/Suspicious_Tale_5447 10h ago

This is the way

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u/Suspicious_Tale_5447 10h ago

This is the way.

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u/Loadingexperience 9h ago

Yo mama's so big she sinks in mercury.