Mercury is so dense an iron anvil floats in it. Credit: Cody'sLab

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It would be so nice to just float in a pool of liquid mercury

Weren't the ancient Egyptians known to use mercury? Looks like a dangerous and effective way to move stones 🤔

Where does one get that much mercury, and what did you do with it?

@HouseCracka I’m just thinking about how much that tub of mercury must weigh!!!

can i swim in it

I was scrolling the TL so fast and thought dude was trying to create Stormbreaker

An iron anvil floats in mercury? That's cool. But let's not forget about the dense and edgy URANIUM ANVIL. That bad boy wouldn't even get a swimming lesson in mercury. #ScienceFacts

Very cool video! Based on this experiment, near the center of the earth, at temperatures and pressures that keep iron solid and liquid mercury, there should be volumes (spheres) of iron (not molten) covering volumes of mercury. Add changing gravity (orbits of other heavenly bodies) for mixing, current due to thus changing magnetic fields, and extra heat from the lowest molten lava at the core of this earth-tobleron, and you got yourself a planet with a north and South Pole. This global magnetic field protects us all from cosmic and solar radiation ( to some extent). Thank the heavens anvils float in mercury lakes on EarthLike planets!

This guy's whole youtube channel is super interesting. Lots of great educational chemistry stuff, among other subjects. He's like a mad scientist that does tons of cool shit (growing mushrooms, blowing stuff up, alchemy)