Back in 1980-82, when I was around 12, my neighbor had a small jar of mercury. We played with the mercury many times... pouring a small quantity out onto the concrete floor of his basement, pushing it around with playing cards and bringing a heavy wooden block down onto shiney pools and watching with great joy as the droplets scattered in every direction.
I often think now about what the conditions are now like in that basement.
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Back in 1980-82, when I was around 12, my neighbor had a small jar of mercury. We played with the mercury many times ... pouring a small quantity out onto the concrete floor of his basement, pushing it around with playing cards and bringing a heavy wooden block down onto shiney pools and watching with great joy as the droplets scattered in every direction.
I often think now about what the conditions are now like in that basement.