Testing INSANE chemistry recipes from a 1933 formulary book (part 3)

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  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
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    This is my most requested video of all time! In this video I test a bunch more crazy recipes from the notorious 1933 chemical formulary. Uranium crayons, cold fire, and much more insanity in this one!
    0:00 intro
    1:20 uranium crayons
    3:04 sore throat relief
    4:51 asthma remedy
    5:05 magnetizable mercury
    6:00 cold fire
    7:56 eye drops
    8:11 hardening copper
    9:03 purple parade torches
    9:53 cyanide coffee
    10:23 acid proof
    12:06 low melting temp metal
    13:03 anti sneezing
    13:10 toilet milk
    14:12 battery polarity
    14:36 silvering glass
    16:26 channel updates
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  • @decker5758
    @decker5758 Před rokem +25241

    I always make a sigh of relief when styropyro uploads because I know he's at least still alive

  • @mattanfirouztala6822
    @mattanfirouztala6822 Před rokem +3565

    The sore throat relief works because your throat can't be sore if you don't have one

  • @timacrow
    @timacrow Před rokem +408

    13:15 - In the case of "Toilet Milk", Toilet means "the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance." It's just liquid soap.

    • @MangInutil
      @MangInutil Před 11 měsíci +39

      So that's why eau de toilette is named like that

    • @MangInutil
      @MangInutil Před 11 měsíci +31

      @@jakub-im9qf It means "Toilet Water", it's a middle man between cologne and perfume in terms of fragrance concentration.

    • @alexandertiberius1098
      @alexandertiberius1098 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Toilet milk is a moisturiser for babies.

    • @Rutherford_Inchworm_III
      @Rutherford_Inchworm_III Před 5 měsíci +8

      anything old tymey that mentions toilet anything means grooming. Toilet water, toilet oil, etc. Originally people did this in their bedroom but eventually people wanted a separate private room for the purpose, which was called the toilet room and was a logical place to put your chamber pot and (years later) your flush commode.

    • @BevansDesign
      @BevansDesign Před 4 měsíci +2

      A twisted part of my brain thought it might be for people in prison who aren't getting enough dairy. (Like toilet wine.)

  • @eathamgamer
    @eathamgamer Před rokem +1295

    Man I thought Styropyro was a highschooler, hearing him say he taught chemistry just kinda crazy.

    • @userequaltoNull
      @userequaltoNull Před rokem +311

      Man's frozen in 2008, he's a scientific genius.

    • @trashmonster2293
      @trashmonster2293 Před rokem +492

      @@userequaltoNullSupposedly his perpetual youth is due to a secret medication he discovered in a 1854 chemistry book

    • @userequaltoNull
      @userequaltoNull Před rokem +60

      @@trashmonster2293 I believe it

    • @Shikogo
      @Shikogo Před rokem +152

      Believe it or not, he's 30

    • @faith9196
      @faith9196 Před rokem +131

      @@Shikogo 30??? I totally thought he was some boy genius

  • @TannerBraungardt
    @TannerBraungardt Před rokem +8674

    Toilet milk? Pet squirrel?! I’m so glad you’re back

    • @CFox.7
      @CFox.7 Před rokem +81

      been busy at DARPA

    • @llab3903
      @llab3903 Před rokem +12

      @@CFox.7 shut

    • @defeatSpace
      @defeatSpace Před rokem +50

      I think Toilet Milk is like that Poo-Pourri poop perfume spray.

    • @Charles-xc7hb
      @Charles-xc7hb Před rokem +7

      He has been doing more on his shorts channel rather then his main

    • @CFox.7
      @CFox.7 Před rokem +15

      @@llab3903 full sentences pls.

  • @StonedGossard_
    @StonedGossard_ Před rokem +4007

    never have I seen a person so insane yet so calm, so level-headed yet so unhinged, a truly remarkable human

    • @deerlow1851
      @deerlow1851 Před rokem +60

      nilered is similar

    • @StonedGossard_
      @StonedGossard_ Před rokem +226

      @@deerlow1851 Nile red has an infinitely less crazed look to his eyes

    • @yeti4269
      @yeti4269 Před rokem +75

      @@deerlow1851 nilered doesn't look like he just did coke before every video

    • @StonedGossard_
      @StonedGossard_ Před rokem +28

      @@junjung2975 very true! Action Lab guy looks and sounds like he's about to cry, so annoying 🤣

    • @MidNightFreakOZ
      @MidNightFreakOZ Před rokem +6

      Mad scientist vibes?

  • @magentawool2556
    @magentawool2556 Před rokem +158

    His voice is so calm and neutral, yet he looks so crazed and insane

    • @anattablue
      @anattablue Před rokem +11

      There is a tinge of overt excitement that subtly undertones it in a sort of manic-esque manner.

    • @GangMilk222
      @GangMilk222 Před rokem +4

      @@anattablue what’s weird is I’ve know people in real life who come off the exact same way without even joking

    • @alexandertiberius1098
      @alexandertiberius1098 Před 7 měsíci +5

      I get the sense from his videos that he is on the spectrum.

    • @aazeil
      @aazeil Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@alexandertiberius1098 it's definitely likely

  • @mrthicknoodles
    @mrthicknoodles Před rokem +269

    styropyro looks like an athlete but he literally just does chemistry

    • @kiwigaming09
      @kiwigaming09 Před rokem +38

      And makes scary lighting machines with Soviet tech

    • @LargeKnives
      @LargeKnives Před rokem +54

      He competes in and teaches jiu jitsu. It's in some of his older videos.

    • @trashtrash2169
      @trashtrash2169 Před rokem +25

      He wanted both. Brain and brawn

    • @zyeborm
      @zyeborm Před rokem +36

      The chemistry he does involves a lot of running away at high speed "for safety"

    • @samaeltheangelofdeath
      @samaeltheangelofdeath Před rokem +9

      Strength starts in the mind. Physical strength is the manifestation of mental strength.

  • @skuzlebut82
    @skuzlebut82 Před rokem +2171

    When you started saying, "There's a good chance you've dealt with dry or irritated eyes at some point," I thought you were going to bring up a sponsor, right up until you said, "So what's the solution? Mercury salts and opium applied directly to your eyeballs..."
    Hell of a sponsor. Lol

    • @2993LP
      @2993LP Před rokem +232

      This video sponsored by the East India Company.

    • @Ramog1000
      @Ramog1000 Před rokem +61

      then again the opium is probably really helping against irritated eyes, if everything is numb nothing can get irritated

    • @yamzhikaictss1297
      @yamzhikaictss1297 Před rokem +9

      @@2993LP 💀

    • @christianterrill3503
      @christianterrill3503 Před rokem +37

      @@Ramog1000 opium would not numb the eyes it's not a local anesthetic it works completely different to something like novacaine which would numb the eye balls.

    • @G-Mastah-Fash
      @G-Mastah-Fash Před rokem

      Dab some cocaine on them.

  • @leonidas3885
    @leonidas3885 Před rokem +3244

    This man is the epitome of "If you think NileGreen is crazy, you haven't seen nothing yet."

    • @aronseptianto8142
      @aronseptianto8142 Před rokem +168

      i think it just highlight how batshit crazy/fun chemistry actually is if you know wtf is happening
      though to get to the point of knowing what's happening is probably boring af

    • @masterofreality926
      @masterofreality926 Před rokem +49

      NileRed is similar to that guy from Estonia. Both make great content.

    • @ireadysucks3026
      @ireadysucks3026 Před rokem +99

      this guy is real life nilegreen

    • @oscarpeters5309
      @oscarpeters5309 Před rokem +27

      and then explosions and fire is if you think styropyro is crazy watch this

    • @airplanemaniacgaming7877
      @airplanemaniacgaming7877 Před rokem +25

      @@oscarpeters5309 "want Carbon Tetrochloride in an explosive? Go to Australia!"

  • @niftythelynx
    @niftythelynx Před rokem +101

    this dude literally a mad scientist you can see it in his eyes, he's a little off but that's okay because he's a fuckin genius and very well spoken

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja Před 11 měsíci

      There's a fine line between intelligent and insane. If you can walk the line, you end up like Styro. If not, you may end up creating a moon base with death lasers and demanding the world cater to your demands or suffer the wrath of your deadly lasers, then set cities on fire anyway for the lolz.

  • @altejoh
    @altejoh Před rokem +67

    That silvering glass reaction was actually the final project for our highschool chemistry class, though the teacher handled creating the tolen's reagent. The hardest part was making sure the glass was clean and scraped enough, otherwise the silver wouldn't stick at all. Everyone got to make their own coated test tube, and the top student of the year got an entire silvered erlenmeyer as a trophy.

    • @XkitkatersX
      @XkitkatersX Před rokem +3

      We did the same! We had to bring in glass soda bottles and got to keep them :D

  • @rainbowdodobird1080
    @rainbowdodobird1080 Před rokem +1920

    "It's not just a sore throat relief, but it relieves you of your throat altogether!"
    - Some guy in 1933

    • @jason_kenner
      @jason_kenner Před rokem +5

      😂

    • @dieSpinnt
      @dieSpinnt Před rokem +13

      Nice black humor.
      Unfortunately the humor is overshadowed by your ignorance. The Dachau concentration camp already existed in 1933. It was opened on March 22, 1933, and the first murders were committed on April 11, of the prisoners Rudolf Benario, Ernst Goldmann, and Arthur Kahn.
      Chemical or gas, as in your joke ... was only used from January 20, 1942 onwards. As part of Action 14f13 (also known internally by the SS as "Special Treatment" 14f13), the first test runs were made and a total of around 3000 prisoners from 32 transports, who were labeled as mentally ill or unable to work, as well as unpleasant concentration camp prisoners, were murdered.
      On February 22, the "negative pressure test series" began in the concentration camp, in which the aviation physicians Georg Weltz, Siegfried Ruff, Hans-Wolfgang Romberg and SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Sigmund Rascher were involved. But I won't explain that here because it was completely "chemical-free"...
      Forgive me. But what is a joke, when you have no clue about the historical context ... or in other words: You don't know what you are talking about and the joke is overshadowed by inconsistencies(which is embarrassing, or?)? Next time, this won't happen, because now ... you know!

    • @jason_kenner
      @jason_kenner Před rokem +71

      @@dieSpinnt thank you Mr. Dex for that remarkable presentation and speech. But unfortunately, you did not have your hand up for me to call on you. That being said, I am going to give you an A-.
      Try to work on those "Classroom Etiquettes" young man.

    • @Splatenohno
      @Splatenohno Před rokem

      It relieves your throat by killing you

    • @dieSpinnt
      @dieSpinnt Před rokem

      @@jason_kenner This girl didn't even address anything at you ... are you drunk? Please answer, will be funny ... without any relation to the topic or arguments. Just you and me, and the BLOCK, Troll (F1key-STD-Response). Bye!

  • @robinbaylor2672
    @robinbaylor2672 Před rokem +1237

    “Toilet “ was sometimes used to simply mean hygiene. A dilute mixture of scent to wear (too light to be called “perfume”) is “toilet water “ or “eau de toilette “

    • @rexen7732
      @rexen7732 Před rokem +39

      This actually makes sense! Thanks for clarifying. :)

    • @AwTickStick
      @AwTickStick Před rokem +63

      Right, I forgot about that. Toilet Milk is still a funny name, though. Even if they only mean toiletries.

    • @cheeseballs3825
      @cheeseballs3825 Před rokem +23

      I always wondered why that was written on cologne. Thank you!

    •  Před rokem +15

      The etymology of the word just means a small toil.

    • @therealboomshlamian700
      @therealboomshlamian700 Před rokem +4

      That explains that episode in dragon ball super

  • @foggy227
    @foggy227 Před rokem +21

    He is the embodiment of duality, one one hand, he makes death rays that concern the government and on the other befriended squirrels

  • @ShadowsDML
    @ShadowsDML Před rokem +23

    Toilet milk was a term used in the past to refer to a type of cosmetic product that was applied to the face and hands after using the toilet. It was a common practice in the Victorian era and in the early 20th century, when people believed that washing with soap and water was not enough to remove all the germs and bacteria from their skin, it was a type of lotion or cream that was designed to cleanse and disinfect the skin, leaving it feeling soft and refreshed.

  • @pangolian
    @pangolian Před rokem +2038

    "I've even taught it"
    I think having styropyro as a chemistry teacher would be awesomely epic and equally frightening

    • @MrVanvan001
      @MrVanvan001 Před rokem +263

      "Missbehave and you have to make a random recipe from a 1933 book, could be harmless, could kill you and everything in between. Do you really want to risk it ?"

    • @alexcrawford1189
      @alexcrawford1189 Před rokem +201

      I wonder what kind of laser pointer he would use for his PowerPoint presentations.

    • @boka_3451
      @boka_3451 Před rokem +144

      his classes probably had like 27.3% mortality rate... still worth it tho.

    • @joedirt7604
      @joedirt7604 Před rokem +61

      I would have definitely spent more time in school if I had a teacher like him lol

    • @shartmeself
      @shartmeself Před rokem +63

      Imagine going from making simple acids to watching him turn a microwave into an ionizing beam of death and destruction in an hour.

  • @miku3862
    @miku3862 Před rokem +2109

    I love how styropyro looks like a hippie chemist, but somehow has a full degree and years of experience

    • @gfullcrayon562
      @gfullcrayon562 Před rokem +114

      Yeah I know it’s a stereotype and I need to change this way of thinking, but it really baffled me the smart he is and handsome.

    • @leonxrexx3778
      @leonxrexx3778 Před rokem

      Hippies are known to be scientists and engineers.

    • @100canadianmaplestirup8
      @100canadianmaplestirup8 Před rokem +27

      ohhh so that is what happened to Nutron, this guys name is JAMES ISAC NUTRON
      better known as "Jimmy Nutron Boy wonder" hes actually only 19 years old he finished university at 15 years of age.

    • @f.b.lagent1113
      @f.b.lagent1113 Před rokem +86

      his hair is already building up for a typical movie scientist look

    • @UltraGamma25
      @UltraGamma25 Před rokem +3

      @@gfullcrayon562 Ghey

  • @eliseosterbrink8000
    @eliseosterbrink8000 Před rokem +124

    My mom was so confused by the toilet milk that she ended up very angrily yelling at me to explain what toilet milk is. Thank you for that.

    • @Alienami
      @Alienami Před rokem

      Hemorrhoid cream or jerk off cream? Both?

    • @ahobimo732
      @ahobimo732 Před rokem +13

      This made me laugh harder than I was even ready for.
      Thankfully, I wasn't drinking milk.

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 Před rokem +5

      Why was she mad 😂😂 that’s so funny but I also feel bad for you

    • @eliseosterbrink8000
      @eliseosterbrink8000 Před rokem +6

      @@maddieb.4282 She wasn't really mad, just incredibly bewildered. Sometimes that manifests as angry yelling, haha!

    • @n0cturnal289
      @n0cturnal289 Před 7 měsíci

      17:15 17:15

  • @greatestsupremeoverlorde6263

    Styro is the human version of “That’s a terrible idea, what time?”

  • @chrismorel8613
    @chrismorel8613 Před rokem +919

    I have a similar book from 1896 and almost all the instructions go along the lines of
    "Walk to your local corner poison shop, purchase 3 or 4 deadly poisons from the friendly poison monger there.
    Then on surface you prepare food on, mix these poisons with no safety equipment or training into one giant super poison.
    Ingest or use this super poison for common cleaning task"

  • @jackle9276
    @jackle9276 Před rokem +1881

    The stuff ive learned from you about lasers actually helped me with getting a job doing c02 pulse laser welding.

  • @chadjones1116
    @chadjones1116 Před rokem +91

    Is he 15 or 37 years old I can’t tell

  • @RYANTHEGREAT2000
    @RYANTHEGREAT2000 Před rokem +11

    Man I had the worst chemistry teacher in high school. He hated me specifically, he told me as much multiple times. It made me hate chemistry at the time and I didn't go any further with it, but I'm trying to revalue it through creators like you, NileRed, Explosions & Fire, etc. Thanks so much for the content you make and the work you do

  • @spike4850
    @spike4850 Před rokem +1440

    “This is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard of; I can’t wait to try it out” 😂 Sums up every styro video I’ve watched

    • @Lyristan
      @Lyristan Před rokem +3

      Sometimes I'm glad I didn't learn all he knows cause my luck I would of built something cool and destroyed my town

    • @thomasratliff3835
      @thomasratliff3835 Před rokem +3

      He looks like he is related to Todd Howard.

    • @thizzobishi
      @thizzobishi Před rokem +1

      Underrated comment

    • @S0K0N0MI
      @S0K0N0MI Před rokem

      @@Lyristan Im pretty sure Styro is a mad scientist waiting to happen.

    • @space_brew4145
      @space_brew4145 Před rokem +1

      mmm Crayon

  • @ASININ3
    @ASININ3 Před rokem +1545

    I love how the instant he has finished with all of the mandatory disclaimers, he says and I quote "anyways lets see how much further I can get in this book without violating the Geneva Convention."

    • @Screw064
      @Screw064 Před rokem +14

      Idky I didn’t hear it the first time wth😭

    • @observingrogue7652
      @observingrogue7652 Před rokem +6

      I was drinking when he said that, and almost choked laughing.

    • @TIATAC
      @TIATAC Před rokem +1

    • @zerumsum1640
      @zerumsum1640 Před rokem +8

      @@Screw064 It's how casually he just slides it into the sentance.

    • @Screw064
      @Screw064 Před rokem +1

      @@zerumsum1640 literally tho lmao

  • @alextaplin7354
    @alextaplin7354 Před rokem +11

    I do remember doing that silver mirror test during chemistry A-level a couple of years ago. We didn't get it to look quite as clean as you did here but it was a nice one.

  • @larryhuffine2814
    @larryhuffine2814 Před rokem +3

    I dont know why but I really love watching him and watching him demonstrate his greatness many times per video. Really educational yet fun and entertaining. Love this channel omg

  • @duncanmcocinner5939
    @duncanmcocinner5939 Před rokem +2715

    The asthma cig was literally 2 poisonous plants and a gunpowder ingredient with mint.

    • @Ssteerforth
      @Ssteerforth Před rokem +243

      Lol a normal cigarette would be better for you

    • @alexstrauss5264
      @alexstrauss5264 Před rokem

      still will relieve you of asthma, just your life along with it.

    • @oceanbytez847
      @oceanbytez847 Před rokem +48

      @@Ssteerforth i wouldn't say better, just less bad.

    • @Six6ix
      @Six6ix Před rokem +225

      @@oceanbytez847 which is the same thing

    • @usmh
      @usmh Před rokem +1

      100 years earlier they would've probably drilled a hole in your head tho.

  • @BobbyDukeArts
    @BobbyDukeArts Před rokem +4272

    Glad to have you back. Ophelia seems cool

  • @shittinator
    @shittinator Před rokem +6

    The "Electrical Fuse Alloy" is actually very close to several alloys known to melt at around 168F, such as Wood's metal and Cerrosafe. The cadmium in those alloys must make a huge difference.

  • @Alex-vm6ef
    @Alex-vm6ef Před rokem +4

    loved when you said the best part is the science doesn't kill the magic, so true, it brings all the more appreciation for it

  • @peepeepoopoovdbhxvbcc6683
    @peepeepoopoovdbhxvbcc6683 Před rokem +2508

    I’m killing myself laughing imagining a savvy 20th century housewife trying to make a simple at-home remedy for her husband with a sore throat and having her face melt off

    • @volty3454
      @volty3454 Před rokem +76

      Bro 💀

    • @JoshuaCastillo6309
      @JoshuaCastillo6309 Před rokem +119

      Sounds like a great villain origin story.

    • @shlokshah5379
      @shlokshah5379 Před rokem +18

      @@JoshuaCastillo6309 who the hell has these in thier home.

    • @TechTonic87337
      @TechTonic87337 Před rokem +118

      Or some kid in the 30's bringing nuclear crayons to school for a science project

    • @eliel1815shadow
      @eliel1815shadow Před rokem +20

      Sounds like canon lore in fallout lol

  • @klarusboy
    @klarusboy Před rokem +581

    "lets drop the base and investigate"
    that made me laugh a lot more then it should have

    • @syrus3k
      @syrus3k Před rokem +13

      Better cut the midrange first

    • @kittypewpew
      @kittypewpew Před rokem +5

      That would make a perfect merch shirt!

    • @daichi7989
      @daichi7989 Před rokem +5

      *insert skrillex noises here*

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Před rokem

      Yeah, this is begging for some good graphics work of some chemistry supplies with some impression of sound waves/something EDM-vibes, maybe headphones or similar, as an interest-intersection type of t-shirt. It makes total sense that lots of chem nerds would be into EDM etc. Would probably be a generally popular design even without being associated with him specifically as merch (though that's by far the context I'd most like to see it sold in ofc lol)

  • @Charlie-hv3dh
    @Charlie-hv3dh Před rokem

    Recently found your channel, love it!!

  • @aurorastarfire433
    @aurorastarfire433 Před 9 měsíci

    Your a very bright n gifted person I love your videos

  • @Tritiuhm
    @Tritiuhm Před rokem +1572

    I just love how unimaginably horrifying and unhinged late 19th and early 20th century chemistry really was. Go the sniffles? - huff Chloroform! Want a pretty flame? - Burn Mercury!

    • @kyle77502
      @kyle77502 Před rokem

      Far in the future, I wonder if people will think similar things about chemistry today.
      Got Cancer? - Inject yourself with poison for 6 months.

    • @Eloquence00
      @Eloquence00 Před rokem

      Medicine too. Got a headache? We'll bore a hole through your head to take your mind off it. Got an infection? Don't worry, just drink this mercury and sulfuric acid mix for a few days and come see me if it doesn't get better by then. Slight toothache? Here's some radium lozenges, they'll fix you right up.
      It was the dunning-kruger effect to the extreme. People had zero idea as to what they were doing or the issues people had, but were so confident they knew the answers that they wrote them down and taught people to do these things in classes. It was insanity.

    • @TrekDelta
      @TrekDelta Před rokem +118

      Science is not about why, It is about why not? - Cave Johnson.

    • @layz_gaming_4275
      @layz_gaming_4275 Před rokem +5

      ​@@TrekDelta fr

    • @thespicyfox9056
      @thespicyfox9056 Před rokem +52

      Sore throat? - drink a corrosive and toxic witches brew

  • @hello2judas807
    @hello2judas807 Před rokem +322

    “Let’s see how much further I can get through this book without defying the Geneva Convention” top tier quote

    • @monad_tcp
      @monad_tcp Před rokem +6

      Its just a convention, not a law. So its fine, also, it only applies to government institutions not to persons.

    • @jakegarrett8109
      @jakegarrett8109 Před rokem +4

      @@monad_tcp A man of my mottos....

  • @sergioguzman2065
    @sergioguzman2065 Před rokem

    Great content. I love it ❤

  • @is_brody
    @is_brody Před rokem

    Love you, thank you for video.

  • @marshmellowpops
    @marshmellowpops Před rokem +489

    I love how casual and Blasé the way the recipes are presented
    "Oh you just need 6g of uranium salts to make a shitty crayon" yeah you know, the uranium salts we all got laying around in our cupboards

    • @Athazago
      @Athazago Před rokem +22

      they taste better than my potassium-based ones, after all

    • @mopthemop3319
      @mopthemop3319 Před rokem +6

      you don't?

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Před rokem +2

      I'm surprised there is no recipe for radium water.

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 Před rokem +10

      @@mopthemop3319 Probably ate them all already. After all, it's hard to resist them even before they're turned into tasty neon crayons.

    • @Superior-Brick
      @Superior-Brick Před rokem

      @@HappyBeezerStudios right

  • @Wagon_Lord
    @Wagon_Lord Před rokem +378

    This man recently turned 30 and still looks 16. I need to know what his skin-care routine is and if he got the moisturizing cream recipe from a 1933 formula book

    • @magnusskipton7067
      @magnusskipton7067 Před rokem +32

      I was just about to make a joke about him looking both 15 and 35 at the same time
      (I’m his older vids i always figured was somewhere between 17-23)

    • @bronga645
      @bronga645 Před rokem +55

      toilet milk ofc

    • @bobmcbob4399
      @bobmcbob4399 Před rokem +2

      addrinokrome?

    • @georgeo309
      @georgeo309 Před rokem +14

      have you tried getting a pet squirrel ?

    • @jamesfry8983
      @jamesfry8983 Před rokem +15

      @@georgeo309 His following in footsteps of Tesla, who made a sort of pet out of a wild pigeon, lets just hope he doesnt go insane and try marry the squirrel

  • @chrisking9928
    @chrisking9928 Před rokem

    I’ve been watching you for so long. That story in the end was priceless 😂

  • @ThunderboltWisdom
    @ThunderboltWisdom Před rokem +918

    "Chemistry is just modern alchemy after all. And the best part is that the science doesn't kill the magic." Too true, too true.

    • @Geniusinventor
      @Geniusinventor Před rokem +2

      Uranium 235 is fun

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 Před rokem +11

      It really is like magic, just look at something as simple as table salt. One atom of a metal that burns in air and explodes in water, one atom of a toxic green gas, put them together and you get crystals that we eat on fries. Even knowing how it works, there's still something magic about it.

    • @The_Blazement
      @The_Blazement Před rokem +4

      Also the fact that nuclear reactions are basically transmutation

    • @jannejohansson3383
      @jannejohansson3383 Před rokem

      That was absolutely good one.

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ Před rokem +2

      If anything, some of the insane stuff that people can do with modern chemistry feels *more* like magic than just making a few yellow precipitates and calling it gold. I mean the fact that NileRed has made _food items_ out of _gloves_ *twice* is enough to make anyone do a double take.

  • @W0UTER31
    @W0UTER31 Před rokem +621

    "can't sneeze if you're unconcious" had me laughing a bit too hard

  • @SpydersByte
    @SpydersByte Před rokem +1

    17:09 love your squirrel friend, she's so cute! You can actually hear her buzzing/purring if you turn the volume up, didnt know squirrels made sounds like that :D

  • @pauldmann1166
    @pauldmann1166 Před 7 měsíci

    You make great content Drake… I really appreciate your old school methodology to making. I find it quite frustrating these days when folks over rely on 3D printing and CnC to do stuff that’s often easier, quicker, produces a higher quality more satisfying result when done the “old fashioned way”. Love your work buddy!!

  • @jimmi3839
    @jimmi3839 Před rokem +754

    Lmao the sore throat medicine blowing up, shows how volatile chemistry is, mix one thing the wrong way and instead of a medicine you have an incendiary weapon

    • @stapuft
      @stapuft Před rokem +10

      @Hope drink lye.

    • @SantiChiaradia
      @SantiChiaradia Před rokem +2

      Hahahahahahahahahhahaa

    • @rdx1419
      @rdx1419 Před rokem +6

      I died laughing at that 😂😂😂😂

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 Před rokem

      Yep

    • @Wheagg
      @Wheagg Před rokem +16

      Incendiaries are actually really easy. Just fuck up something else chemically.

  • @BlackKnight288
    @BlackKnight288 Před rokem +226

    After looking at Styro’s hair, I realized he will 100% be the stereotypical mad scientist in his 60’s. Hell, he’s already 100% there, minus the age.

    • @joshc5613
      @joshc5613 Před rokem +1

      and apparently he's 50% there in age??

    • @nachorando6323
      @nachorando6323 Před rokem

      How old is he?? I thought he was like 16

    • @zlepr
      @zlepr Před rokem +2

      @@nachorando6323 he is 30, plus he started this channel 16 years ago. so there is no way he would be 16 anyway

  • @theandy4667
    @theandy4667 Před 8 měsíci

    LIVING for the commentary

  • @ChokyoDK
    @ChokyoDK Před 8 měsíci +1

    Those fires in the sore throat recipe looked mesmerizing.

  • @Themegaminnies
    @Themegaminnies Před rokem +470

    I can't even fake the excitement I had seeing this in my recommended, less excitement for the video itself, more excitement knowing this man is still alive

  • @thizzobishi
    @thizzobishi Před rokem +285

    My favorite styropyro quote to this date
    "Honestly this thing isnt going to entertain me for that long, it isnt even a fire hazard. Is that to much to ask from consumer electronics?"

  • @brandonpitre4196
    @brandonpitre4196 Před rokem

    That starting line of line video is just 👌

  • @TheRobotWatcher
    @TheRobotWatcher Před rokem

    I just discovered your channel, I really like your approche, and I wish i could try myself too! Also I'm very glad to see you in the green at the end of this video, take care bro!

  • @AvenRox
    @AvenRox Před rokem +479

    I love how absolutely baffled Styro sounded at "toilet milk" I started cracking up

  • @fey751
    @fey751 Před rokem +353

    This man leaves nearly 12 months comes back and is like I have a pet squirrel and I moved

    • @xone7790
      @xone7790 Před rokem +6

      😂

    • @smayds
      @smayds Před rokem +7

      "And also here's how people cleaned their eyeballs with uranium in the '30s"

    • @geminidemon2582
      @geminidemon2582 Před rokem +1

      He was banned

    • @victorbruce5772
      @victorbruce5772 Před rokem

      Made enough money off YT to get new house.

  • @Kisoithe
    @Kisoithe Před rokem +1

    That last one was a demo we did in my high school chem class, i still have my silver test tube from 10 years ago. Turns out its not cheaper to make silver by mixing those chemicals, but still very cool

  • @Rollypolly1064
    @Rollypolly1064 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I love how he’s like oh my, heavily radioactive crayons, can’t wait 😂

  • @houdiniface8687
    @houdiniface8687 Před rokem +696

    "This is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. I can't wait to try it out!"
    Wise words

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ Před rokem +10

      The smarter the person saying that, the more interesting the results

  • @tylerray1368
    @tylerray1368 Před rokem +596

    My father has an old chemistry set from the 1920s in the basement. When I was 8 I found it, and showed him these "cool rocks!" I found. Turns out it contained several radioactive materials I was playing with for a good fifteen minutes, alongside asbestos and mercury.
    Yeah, he footballed me under his arms and shoved me in the bathroom, told me to take scrub my hands then come back out- not sure how useful that was.

    • @vitriolicAmaranth
      @vitriolicAmaranth Před rokem +1

      _Pure_ Mercury is a lot more dangerous _than people used to think,_ but still unlikely to harm you without prolonged exposure. The really nasty stuff is _methylmercury,_ which can bond with organic molecules, making it far more dangerous. Ethylmercury, used as a preservative in flu shots, is similarly dangerous. Methylmercury is infamously found in many kinds of fish (among those commonly consumed, especially grouper and tuna). However, you are unlikely to actually get mercury poisoning from these sources unless you're getting multiple flu shots per year or eating high-mercury fish every day. _Pure_ mercury is not ordinarily organically reactive, so it only becomes a problem when you inhale a lot of the vapor, which crosses the blood-brain barrier and causes brain damage.
      Asbestos is only dangerous if you breathe in the fibres. Otherwise it's the same mineral that makes up serpentinite, tiger's eye and nephrite jade, and of course handling all of those is completely safe (unless a jade boulder rolls over and crushes you or something, or you happen to be a _carver_ who might actually encounter a great deal of fine particulate of these minerals). Most radioactive materials are similarly only dangerous with either prolonged exposure OR inhaling the dust, though obviously that is not a blanket statement- Some can deliver lethal doses of radiation quickly through mere exposure (obviously nothing you'd find in a chemistry set, even from the 20s, though), and even those that don't can deliver enough radiation to cause cancer either immediately or later in life. More interesting to me is that many have a relatively short atomic half-life, so I wonder if any of those samples had a significant amount of elements that were not there when they were packaged.
      Bigger concerns would be things like sulphuric acid or tear gas that are highly toxic and/or caustic just by touching or inhaling them, and are much harder to manage than solid samples.

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot Před rokem +125

      If you did a good job scrubbing he might have done you a lot of good! The worst case scenario is dust getting into your mouth.

    • @CircaSriYak
      @CircaSriYak Před rokem +107

      Did you live?

    • @cancan-wq9un
      @cancan-wq9un Před rokem +14

      I would have regular check ups if I were you.

    • @someoneelse7629
      @someoneelse7629 Před rokem +54

      Yeah, well I worked with asbestos, it was kind of a dirty work so it was done in one small room, and now and then my boss came into the room and used compressed air to blow the dust off the workbench so I would have a clean work enviroment...

  • @A.R.77
    @A.R.77 Před rokem +1

    "Coolness to Danger level" Good Lord, I can't stop laughing at that. Styropyro, you often make my day.

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze Před rokem +3

    *13:14* This is the rare instance of Pyro actually having some kind of emotion in his beautifully monotone voice, now that is epic!

  • @insu_na
    @insu_na Před rokem +700

    OK, so Styro is a chemist, a (high-power) electrical engineer and a disney prince(ss) (at least according to the last few seconds of the video)
    That is a very diverse set of abilities, ngl

    • @Izreroth
      @Izreroth Před rokem +1

      So true

    • @djipilotoh6414
      @djipilotoh6414 Před rokem

      Finally you re back

    • @Stinkman
      @Stinkman Před rokem +64

      Don't forget, he breeds moths and forages for mushrooms and stuff

    • @patrickhurley8
      @patrickhurley8 Před rokem +3

      How was this just posted and your comment a day ago?

    • @undefinednan7096
      @undefinednan7096 Před rokem +21

      Also don't forget laser physicist.
      You know, on that note, Rubidium has a 780nm transition that's perfect for driving with the laser diode from a CD drive and you can do cool stuff with that (at work I'm building a setup that puts Rb atoms into what are called Rydberg states, where the atoms are literally thousands of times their normal sizes).

  • @jacobszymczak9323
    @jacobszymczak9323 Před rokem +672

    I would love to see a Part 4 that covers the more reasonable, still in use, or recipes that have been tweaked/evolved into "common" modern chemistry solutions

    • @badoem5353
      @badoem5353 Před rokem +8

      A yes early medicine, a wonderfull world of deadly trail and error.
      Hello friendly visitor, I see you've heard of our very short resident times :)
      Next!

    • @ItsAsparageese
      @ItsAsparageese Před rokem +6

      Part of me loves this and wants to see it, but the other part of me thinks it would be almost traumatic to see him discuss topics that are so tame and non-lethal 😂

    • @ParallelusReflection
      @ParallelusReflection Před rokem +2

      A legitimate proposition... which is kinda hard to picture being presented by styro.. Although, I wouldn't put it past him (and hurray!) to find something outrageous to do with them. 🙃

    • @grassmonkey_yt1809
      @grassmonkey_yt1809 Před rokem +1

      See you in 4 years

    • @sdg131
      @sdg131 Před rokem

      Part four in two years

  • @scullus
    @scullus Před rokem

    you never fail to impress

  • @XxMoxXi
    @XxMoxXi Před 7 měsíci

    love you videos

  • @3nertia
    @3nertia Před rokem +1177

    You know you're a chill dude when you become friends with a squirrel ...

    • @fruityautism
      @fruityautism Před rokem +49

      And her name was Ophelia~

    • @honeyriohunia7368
      @honeyriohunia7368 Před rokem +11

      Oh and suddenly friending a pigeon, you see me as a crazy person 🙄

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před rokem +9

      @@honeyriohunia7368 I do? I've seen Home Alone and have a very different view of people who befriend animals lol

    • @andrewrice2390
      @andrewrice2390 Před rokem +4

      Bob Ross liked that

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Před rokem +3

      @@andrewrice2390 Aww, how I miss that soul ...

  • @mastersanada
    @mastersanada Před rokem +269

    13:04 cracked me up too hard.
    "Anti-sneezing" taken to a whole new level with Chloroform 💀
    "Inhale Lightly" they say

  • @detritus10001
    @detritus10001 Před rokem +2

    It's also incredibly important for young people to understand how far safety has come in the last 90 years. I'm assuming this I'd some sort of old text book, so this was knowledge available to students of s certain age. Crazy stuff! So glad this wild man is still rampaging through the tubes too!

  • @cryhavocandletslipthedogso1873
    @cryhavocandletslipthedogso1873 Před 8 měsíci +2

    "Sir, what have you got in your pockets?"
    "Oh, don't mind it - it's just some cold fire for striking demonstrations in darkened rooms."
    "Have a jolly good day then, sir!"

  • @egg2100
    @egg2100 Před rokem +858

    I feel like there's so many insane things in this video that we've completely glossed over the fact that he has made friends with a squirrel.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape Před rokem +51

      Petting a wild animal may be the craziest thing he does in this video.

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine Před rokem +82

      He's the most dangerous Disney princess

    • @eschcal9839
      @eschcal9839 Před rokem +13

      You can make pretty much anything with enough squirrel. I want the formula! Friends should consist of joy, loyalty, and 97 percent squirrel.

    • @spyrodragonite619
      @spyrodragonite619 Před rokem +13

      he posted a mini vid on snapchat about his new friend too. apparently they met while he was on a hike with his fam and the new friend just followed them home. 🤷

    • @AnakkiDan
      @AnakkiDan Před rokem +7

      Pretty sure he used a recipe from that book for it

  • @OfficiallySnek
    @OfficiallySnek Před rokem +117

    14:01 Only a mad scientist would have a toilet seat like that

    • @TheAerosolNinja
      @TheAerosolNinja Před rokem +1

      Hahahaha

    • @steviebboy69
      @steviebboy69 Před rokem +3

      I have a dunny seat like that except it has barbed wire and razor blades in it.

    • @XT1515
      @XT1515 Před rokem

      sounds like styropyro to me💀

  • @aveekmaity4226
    @aveekmaity4226 Před 4 měsíci

    Really good content! I love it. Shame i discovered it so late 😅

  • @Llamarama100
    @Llamarama100 Před 4 měsíci

    I have one of these books and the electroplating section is really useful, I also tried some of the match recipes :)

  • @coolvibes8819
    @coolvibes8819 Před rokem +199

    Now he’s a mad scientist WITH a small animal sidekick. He cannot be stopped any longer, his power has grown far beyond that of human comprehension.

    • @barrothontherocks3325
      @barrothontherocks3325 Před rokem

      i'm just glad he didn't pick a monkey as his sidekick, we all saw how poorly it went when kenny and the chimp tried science

  • @teabee44
    @teabee44 Před rokem +1278

    Can't wait for the return of STYROPYRO!

    • @ChrisG1392
      @ChrisG1392 Před rokem +14

      this video was filmed in 2019

    • @pAdude350
      @pAdude350 Před rokem +36

      Dude, how did you comment 2 days ago if this was posted 2 minutes ago?

    • @White_ops_arcade
      @White_ops_arcade Před rokem +14

      Time travel

    • @jpablo700
      @jpablo700 Před rokem +9

      @@pAdude350 patreon

    • @acat4632
      @acat4632 Před rokem +1

      @@ChrisG1392 wdym

  • @archiederham2103
    @archiederham2103 Před rokem

    My man lit a benjamin on fire 😂😂😂 this is why I love Styro so much

  • @5cyndi
    @5cyndi Před 8 měsíci

    I’ve never been so entertained by an amazing chemist since high school and my beloved teacher.

  • @tbo1068
    @tbo1068 Před rokem +253

    "Let's drop the base" ... You, sir, you deserve standing ovations.

  • @NeatBenny
    @NeatBenny Před rokem +476

    Styropyro: Sorry for giving recipes that were toxic and could be fata-
    YT: We don't like canons
    Styropyro: oh....ok.....?

    • @kjgoebel7098
      @kjgoebel7098 Před rokem +67

      See, 'cuz cannons are guns, and guns are bad. Household chemicals are involved in 80 times the number of accidental deaths, but guns are bad because... reasons.

    • @Tigerprowltactical
      @Tigerprowltactical Před rokem +9

      @@kjgoebel7098 Gun control sucks. They just don’t understand.

    • @patrickmattin9609
      @patrickmattin9609 Před rokem +19

      Well they allowed all of those electrode wood burning videos, so I guess high voltage electricity with no safety precautions is okay in their book. Cannons, guess not.

    • @fungitower
      @fungitower Před rokem +3

      @@kjgoebel7098 yeah and guns are involved in like, all school shootings, but sure chemicals bad

    • @Rafael_Fuchs
      @Rafael_Fuchs Před rokem +22

      @@fungitower A gun would have to be involved, otherwise it's not a school *shooting* anymore. Your statement is about as profound as saying the floor is made of floor.

  • @Quiggles-bf2oh
    @Quiggles-bf2oh Před rokem

    Chemical engineering student here, found your channel and I’ve really been enjoying the look at old chemical processes, loving your content and your hair 🙂

  • @ShitkidOfJamrock
    @ShitkidOfJamrock Před 8 měsíci +5

    Gun youtubers can blast a .50 BMG through a hyper realistic ballistic gel dummy that bleeds and youtube is fine with it
    But a guy makes a golf ball cannon to go fwoomf and OH NO

  • @john_wack2440
    @john_wack2440 Před rokem +312

    I refuse to believe that styro has a degree. It is far more entertaining to imagine him as some crazy mad scientist with no idea what he is doing

    • @slipknnnot
      @slipknnnot Před rokem +43

      That's pretty much what people with degrees are

    • @itsgonnabeanaurfromme
      @itsgonnabeanaurfromme Před rokem +24

      You know scientists have degrees right? A mad SCIENTIST is a scientist. Smh

    • @coffin7904
      @coffin7904 Před rokem +6

      ​@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme chill

    • @nunyabisnass1141
      @nunyabisnass1141 Před rokem +8

      With that hair and that look in his eyes...maybe future supervillain?

    • @NG-VQ37VHR
      @NG-VQ37VHR Před rokem +17

      Kinda like the channel Explosions&Fire. It's much more entertaining if you can pretend he's really just an aussie in a meth lab, on the verge of blowing himself up.

  • @piroko13
    @piroko13 Před rokem +637

    I thought you were a young chemistry enthusiast but you turned out to be a young seasoned chemist professor 🤯

    • @doomerc
      @doomerc Před rokem +8

      yo I thought the same

    • @Michael-zn2jc
      @Michael-zn2jc Před rokem +60

      @@doomerc same he does not look 30

    • @lukesites2457
      @lukesites2457 Před rokem +24

      @@Michael-zn2jc wait a second, are you saying he is?!

    • @Michael-zn2jc
      @Michael-zn2jc Před rokem +71

      @@lukesites2457 yes he is 30. Google it. How else would he be so experienced in chemistry to be honest.

    • @iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis
      @iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis Před rokem +65

      he is also a judo instructor and tornado chaser

  • @skoobang
    @skoobang Před měsícem

    "Drop the base "😂 ... I see what you did there. This channel rocks!

  • @caittails
    @caittails Před 9 měsíci

    I’m loving the middle school morning announcement style of narration 😂

  • @angelnavarro553
    @angelnavarro553 Před rokem +260

    8:04 comedy gold I can't stop laughing at the thought of people in old days just putting mercury salts and opium DIRECTLY on their eyeballs

    • @romanowskis1at
      @romanowskis1at Před rokem +18

      in the other side you propably eat a lot of cmc - carboxymetylocelulose - which is common added to food like as a viscosity modifier but it work like selective antibiotic in bowel and this can rise to bowel cancer.
      Now you have to wait few years to someone prove that, but you still laughing because mercury. Not so fast. There is many aspects of modern chemistry which we can't imagine impact of our health.

    • @Blewlongmun
      @Blewlongmun Před rokem +13

      @@romanowskis1at You're not wrong, but our modern problems are following a very different course. We have a lot more safety concerns and testing than we used to, and although there will always be accidents, doctors aren't recommending poison that will kill you by next week for headaches.

    • @LordDragox412
      @LordDragox412 Před rokem +8

      Hey, it was more effective than bloodletting from the eyeball. Talk about medical progress. /s

    • @lowkey_Ioki
      @lowkey_Ioki Před rokem +2

      ​@@romanowskis1at Can you show me a source for these claims? I can't find anything.

  • @utoherozv
    @utoherozv Před rokem +235

    "The science doesn't kill the magic." I adore that line.

  • @mosttemp
    @mosttemp Před 7 měsíci

    hes like a completely sane version of the "joker" hes got a crazy smile and is still chill as heck . keep up the good work

  • @swarm967
    @swarm967 Před rokem

    You have a lot of talent

  • @SeanHodgins
    @SeanHodgins Před rokem +234

    I can't imagine why "Toilet Milk" didn't become more popular.

    • @rootbeer4888
      @rootbeer4888 Před rokem +5

      lube is very popular lol

    • @j0ndav1s
      @j0ndav1s Před rokem +4

      Probably the laws against homosexuality stifled sales.

    • @dragonlogos1
      @dragonlogos1 Před rokem +1

      I don’t know poo-pourri is a pretty large company which is what I think it is trying to be.

    • @vitriolicAmaranth
      @vitriolicAmaranth Před rokem +14

      They just don't market it as toilet milk in the US, where the french practice of calling a woman's ritual of preparing for her day each morning a "toilet" (twa-let) has fallen rather severely out of vogue. It's face cream/face lotion. Morning perfume is still sold as eau de toilette (toilet water or more literally water of the toilet), though.
      Note I say "in the US," by the way (really what I mean is in English in the US; there was a trend around the time of taking "foreign" and european terms and americanising them). You can still purchase it as lait de toilette (milk of the toilet in French).

    • @jannejohansson3383
      @jannejohansson3383 Před rokem

      That would make him rich and drop de duality pə video! 👎

  • @Gunbudder
    @Gunbudder Před rokem +350

    i love how the options are Anthracene (a fairly normal fluorescent dye) and uranium salts. it goes to show how uranium salts were treated as a dye back when the book was written. its easy to forget how flippant chemists were about it. just another fluorescent dye!

    • @mikkel066h
      @mikkel066h Před rokem +9

      Same as radium which l caused a lot of women to die due to them licking the paintbrush. Since they needed the paintbrush to be pointy for them to paint watches.

    • @roberine7241
      @roberine7241 Před rokem

      @@mikkel066h why would they lick the damn thing though? couldn't you just use your fingers to press it until it is pointy? like licking a paint brush with any paint on it sounds 1 not tasty and 2 like a good way to die or get health problems because the paint is not food safe.

    • @clydecraft5642
      @clydecraft5642 Před rokem +7

      @@roberine7241 the wetness of the tongue creates drag that makes it the optimal pointy shape and the saliva keeps its shape too, just fingers would make the shape lopsided so they probably did it for consistency

    • @roberine7241
      @roberine7241 Před rokem

      @@clydecraft5642 still you are licking a paint brush. if pressing it with your fingers doesn't work why did no one get the idea to make something that would get you that pointy shape without having to lick the damn thing? I can't imagine a paint brush tastes nice either.

    • @doomyboi
      @doomyboi Před rokem +8

      @@roberine7241 Having spent some time painting very small things in the past, it's typically just a case of you have one thing in one hand, your brush in another, your dye bucket, and a brush tip that's fraying. You do a quick wash in your water cup, pull it through your lips, dip it in for more dye, and keep going without losing your place. All said and done it happens in less than a couple of seconds. I imagine that's basically what happened in these situations too, and practically enforced since they were likely on very strict per-item time quotas due to it being factory work and not a hobbyist pastime.

  • @SnyperMac1
    @SnyperMac1 Před rokem

    Man those white flames are beautiful

  • @Blimbus-Blombo
    @Blimbus-Blombo Před rokem +6

    What im learning is that chemistry is like marine biology- the prettier something is the more deadly it is.

  • @Gothmog3019
    @Gothmog3019 Před rokem +135

    My theory is that Styropyro can perform these reactions because he is an old timey alchemist who succeeded at making himself immortal. Now he encourages other young would be alchemists in the hopes of either a cure or other immortals friends.

  • @drkipper
    @drkipper Před rokem +79

    "This is one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of!"
    "I can't wait to try it out."

  • @jasonmyneni8605
    @jasonmyneni8605 Před 11 měsíci

    The cough medicine segment was some of the best comedy I have seen in a while.

  • @chuuyakisser756
    @chuuyakisser756 Před rokem

    omfg i am losing my MIND over your toilet that is the best toilet seat i've ever seen i'm so happy i love fish so much

  • @l1l1th3
    @l1l1th3 Před rokem +360

    I love how every time this legend uploads, it’s like a foretold prophecy from eons ago and it always ends up in my recommended😂