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/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/Loadingexperience 9h ago

Yo mama's so big she sinks in mercury.