Man Sitting on a Pool of Mercury - Neatorama

Remember the video clip of a guy tossing a cannonball into a pool of mercury? Well, here's something even more amazing: a 1972 photo from the National Geographic magazine showing a man sitting on a pool of mercury.

Link - Thanks Rob!

(Photo: National Geographic)

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I bet he was living in Minamata...

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@dgaicun

I think he would have a high chance of slipping and get a concussion if he did that.

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I still wanna know if something like a basketball could roll on the surface or if it would just float

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What if he stood on it so his weight was less distributed? Would he sink? What if he jumped up and down?

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Damn, all through my childhood I avoided touching mercury because adults told me how deadly it was.

I'm off to the mercury shop right now!

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