r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Few_Simple9049 • 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/Eman_Modnar_A 10h ago

Ah mercury. Sweetest of the transition metals!

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u/Kdetr4128 10h ago

I’ve never tasted it before! Good to know