r/BeAmazed • u/himmokala • Dec 15 '24

Science Using red dye to demonstrate how Mercury cannot be absorbed by a towel

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u/ciopobbi Dec 15 '24

My wife said they had a bowl of mercury in the back of her grade school classroom that kids were allowed to play with.