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  • @williamkelly198
    @williamkelly198 Před 7 lety +6443

    And now........ Reading Ready Player One again.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Před 7 lety +124

      Thanks man. I'm almost to the Copper Key again myself. If you use the www.audible.com/smarter code they know you came from here and are more likely to support Smarter Every Day in the future, which is something I want to happen. Matt and I are going to talk about RP1 (More fun to say because rocket fuel) on the podcast if you're up for it.

    • @williamkelly198
      @williamkelly198 Před 7 lety +46

      I didn't know you had a podcast, I'm going to have to check out that one for sure.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Před 7 lety +48

      Here's the episode where we talk about our plans for talking about the book: www.nodumbquestions.fm/listen/2017/4/8/006-the-grabbler
      Side Note: Matt does the heavy brain lifting on the podcast.

    • @abigailjaramillo7568
      @abigailjaramillo7568 Před 7 lety +26

      Ready player one is my favorite book I love it

    • @Masterpg2007
      @Masterpg2007 Před 7 lety +20

      I hope the movie is good.

  • @Supertimegamingify
    @Supertimegamingify Před 3 lety +2544

    The southern accent gets stronger as soon as he starts talking about his guns.

    • @naethynberry-chan4265
      @naethynberry-chan4265 Před 3 lety +28

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    • @OliverSDelly
      @OliverSDelly Před 3 lety +14

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Mister.sister.fister
      @Mister.sister.fister Před 3 lety +49

      Didn't even realize he had an accent until someone said something about it

    • @joshbrock2663
      @joshbrock2663 Před 3 lety +12

      it took me way too long to realize him and 22plinkster werent the same person

    • @JH-dh7dw
      @JH-dh7dw Před 3 lety +4

      Me too, and I grew up in Michigan

  • @jamescraft6926
    @jamescraft6926 Před 7 lety +748

    the slow motion of the candy exploding with Sparks is the coolest slow motion I've ever seen

    • @ardbeg4mercy247
      @ardbeg4mercy247 Před 7 lety

      Seen sonoluminescence?

    • @JonnyD3ath
      @JonnyD3ath Před 7 lety +1

      Dude, check out smarter everyday 2!

    • @Ultracity6060
      @Ultracity6060 Před 7 lety +15

      You've clearly never watched slow motion of dogs failing to catch thrown food.

  • @HokiePitcher22
    @HokiePitcher22 Před 3 lety +644

    I love how Paisley randomly added "my dog had puppies" in the middle of the letter. Lol

  • @arifuddin2172
    @arifuddin2172 Před 2 lety +240

    3:49
    It only broke because the vibration shook the tail violently.

    • @user-rt9oc6hc9e
      @user-rt9oc6hc9e Před 2 lety +5

      Tail fixed on the surface, slight vibration can destroy it

    • @switcheyephotography5722
      @switcheyephotography5722 Před 7 měsíci

      Inertia broke the weak point. This experiment shouldn't make you doubt the drop's hardness.

    • @Chacho_s
      @Chacho_s Před 7 měsíci

      @@switcheyephotography5722 So the other shots dont count?

  • @Ty-Mirrors
    @Ty-Mirrors Před 5 lety +2123

    Seeing that candy spark like that is mind blowing

  • @markgearing
    @markgearing Před 4 lety +468

    3:48 The first AK round was destroyed by the drop (in a glancing blow). The drop broke from the tail, not the point of impact, so I’m calling that a win for the drop.

    • @markgearing
      @markgearing Před 4 lety +21

      The monster under your bed - Yeah... no.
      Pause the video at 3:50 and 3:51. All that shrapnel is (jacketed) round, not glass. Whatever your definition of ‘destroyed’ is, the round is destroyed.
      The second point is a bit more technical. You’re right, the drop doesn’t survive the encounter, but you can see in the slo-mo that the disintegration travels from the tail of the drop to the head. A Prince Rupert’s drop is easy to destroy by clipping the tail, an infant could do it with two fingers, it’s the head of the drop that’s resistant to damage.
      The head of the drop is intact well after the round is metal confetti. Drop wins. RIP drop.

    • @ddontpanic4261
      @ddontpanic4261 Před rokem +9

      A really interesting thing I saw was that on the third drop(the second time he used the ak) the head of the drop breaks, but once it gets close to the tail, the tail breaks too and they both meet near the end of the now shattered drop. I thought that was interesting.

    • @mrsquid_
      @mrsquid_ Před rokem +5

      i assume the tail got tickled by a piece of shrapnel

    • @futabafanclub865
      @futabafanclub865 Před rokem +2

      @@markgearing
      Yeah, RIP our homie Drop, he took a bullet for us man.

    • @TheChromePoet
      @TheChromePoet Před 9 měsíci +2

      Why people don't blowtorch the tail off is beyond me.

  • @sousaikounin7944
    @sousaikounin7944 Před 3 lety +289

    Now I can’t stop thinking about how every time I eat candy and crush it with my teeth, they spark in my mouth.

    • @RuralTowner
      @RuralTowner Před 2 lety +7

      I think it takes a bit more violent & sudden pressure than what our mouths can manage though.

    • @Centermass762
      @Centermass762 Před 2 lety +10

      @@RuralTowner no, it doesn't. Take a Lifesavers mint and go in your bathroom, turn off the light, and chomp it while looking in the mirror. You'll see it spark in your mouth.

    • @mikehancho2082
      @mikehancho2082 Před 2 lety +9

      Try it at home. We use to do it as kids with lifesavers. Go to the bathroom and turn the lights off and look in the mirror when you bite down on it!

    • @unclesteve42
      @unclesteve42 Před 2 lety +1

      might be the enamel !

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano Před 2 lety +5

      @@unclesteve42 no, when the crystals fracture, the light is emitted. Wintergreen has been documented to give the most reliable triboluminescence effect. It's also theorized to be behind some earthquake light phenomena.

  • @Dloweification
    @Dloweification Před 3 lety +43

    It's weird to see how much of an impact on my life these videos have. Most stuff on CZcams I can barely remember if I even watched it, but this video I know I've seen and it feels like just yesterday. It's wild to see that it's actually 4 years ago.

    • @ThePc31
      @ThePc31 Před 2 lety +1

      I guess you don’t shoot much??

  • @ghosthand8119
    @ghosthand8119 Před 4 lety +1113

    What amazes me is that the drop is so hard it actually destroys the bullet.

  • @WestPlaysPL
    @WestPlaysPL Před 4 lety +667

    2:33 it's not the pill that is producing sparks, IT'S MJOLNIR !

    • @brandonchilvers9856
      @brandonchilvers9856 Před 4 lety +27

      Weststarrr imagine thinking a lifesavers candy is a pill.... 🤣

    • @THEDnARACER
      @THEDnARACER Před 4 lety +26

      @@brandonchilvers9856 imagine totally ignoring the whole point of his comment. Mjolnir is gonna come for you

    • @emileriksson6159
      @emileriksson6159 Před 4 lety +11

      Mjölnir*

    • @mondobe
      @mondobe Před 4 lety +4

      *Myolneer

    • @JDMOON55555
      @JDMOON55555 Před 4 lety +4

      Lmao pill?

  • @Makermook
    @Makermook Před 2 lety +25

    I'm amazed that the fracture propagated through the Prince Rupert's drop faster than the speed of the bullet from the AK.

    • @dcamron46
      @dcamron46 Před 7 měsíci +2

      You can see the shock wave actually went even faster - fast enough to reflect off back of the drop and back. The propagation speed is basically the speed of sound in the glass, note it is much higher than speed of sound in air which we know a bullet is faster than, but not as fast as speed of sound in glass I expect.

  • @littlesignificance7725
    @littlesignificance7725 Před 3 lety +64

    When he talks about the glass drop: We need to localise the pressure to break the drop
    when he talks about bullets: It’s pointy which I think is better

  • @TheKingofRandom
    @TheKingofRandom Před 7 lety +1737

    5:06 such beautiful destruction. Hey man nice shot

    • @lanog40
      @lanog40 Před 7 lety +12

      Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" Hey dude! Can you stop doing so many dangerous things without thinking of safety first? Your videos could end up with someone hurt due to your faulty procedures and lack of experience. Stick to the simple stuff, and for the love of god never do any more high voltage/current videos. Thanks.

    • @753238
      @753238 Před 7 lety +15

      I'll tell you bud voltage does not kill you it's *THE WATTAGE*

    • @nobody909100
      @nobody909100 Před 7 lety +3

      chase hickman Let him do what he wants. Obviously if someone doesn't have experience, they shouldn't attempt to do the thing he shows.

    • @archieperry2266
      @archieperry2266 Před 7 lety +3

      Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" Hey Grant!

    • @homerblancaver6098
      @homerblancaver6098 Před 7 lety

      Grant Thompson watching this video!? Awesome!

  • @123flyingDUTCHMAN
    @123flyingDUTCHMAN Před 7 lety +679

    wow that spark thing just blew my mind.. :0

    • @gralha_
      @gralha_ Před 7 lety +2

      Check out his second channel, he's got a video on it.

    • @We_Reddit
      @We_Reddit Před 7 lety +14

      So if i happen to be in a gas leaky basement, i shouldn't be eating a life saver candy. House explosion. Life Saver. Very ironic death.

    • @primordial.sounds
      @primordial.sounds Před 7 lety

      Seems like Triboluminescence may be similar to Sonoluminescence!

    • @YASHPRATAP007
      @YASHPRATAP007 Před 7 lety +2

      exactly....

    • @liamhurlburt9794
      @liamhurlburt9794 Před 7 lety

      +

  • @xtdaniels1988x
    @xtdaniels1988x Před 3 lety +1

    I just love the random awesomeness I always get to learn from on your channel, man. Thanks and keep up the great work!

  • @bardiajalali6484
    @bardiajalali6484 Před 3 lety +26

    3:07 The sparks flying remind me of when Tai Lung broke that stick in Kung Fu Panda

  • @cougar9610
    @cougar9610 Před 5 lety +815

    3:50 Mr stark, I don't feel so good.

  • @ruanmare3167
    @ruanmare3167 Před 5 lety +815

    The spark is the magic leaving the candy :(

    • @fumifoficial8338
      @fumifoficial8338 Před 5 lety +13

      or maybe is santa clause power disipating into the air

    • @collindewitt3872
      @collindewitt3872 Před 5 lety +3

      It is my theory that it’s a combination of kinetic energy and friction that cause a spark because of the atomic build up of the candy and the material

    • @fumifoficial8338
      @fumifoficial8338 Před 5 lety +4

      @@collindewitt3872 oh thanks man, but i think that kinetick energy turns to electric energy and creates the spark

    • @oerlikon20mm29
      @oerlikon20mm29 Před 5 lety +10

      I think its the new DLC on Candy Crush

    • @leonreynolds77
      @leonreynolds77 Před 5 lety +3

      That's so sad. 😭

  • @pr9039
    @pr9039 Před 11 měsíci

    I love finding your old videos I never saw before. You're awesome, dude.

  • @xandir31415
    @xandir31415 Před 3 lety

    Awesome soundeffects in those slow-mo clips! Love it!

  • @GoooodHunter
    @GoooodHunter Před 7 lety +54

    9:06 I think that chicken is traumatised now XD

  • @sharkcraft8568
    @sharkcraft8568 Před 4 lety +474

    8:40 Looks like the Death Star exploding.

  • @Owens_Racing
    @Owens_Racing Před 3 lety +1

    One the best Chanel’s on CZcams. I’ve been a subscriber for a long time now. Not sure how I missed these videos. I love guns and very intrigued by the Prince Rupert Drop.
    Going to watch the hand gun video next.

  • @Mavrick1509
    @Mavrick1509 Před 3 lety +8

    I love how the second prince rupert drop had a localized flash, then a wave of destruction came from the other end, that was neat

  • @suicatv941
    @suicatv941 Před 4 lety +601

    Me: where did the Rupert`s go
    Thanos: Gone, redused to atoms

  • @corybechtold
    @corybechtold Před 7 lety +327

    Smarter Every​ Day and Demolition Ranch need to team up and tackle the Prince Rupert's Drop.

    • @techguy3424
      @techguy3424 Před 7 lety +14

      or get Taofledermaus to shoot one out of a shotgun.

    • @UNGIHA
      @UNGIHA Před 6 lety +5

      .50 BMG vs Prince Rupert's drop

    • @whotooktotto
      @whotooktotto Před 6 lety

      MrAnderson815 a hydrolic press destroyes it so I think a tank will do to

    • @Haruki_kei
      @Haruki_kei Před 6 lety

      Cory Bechtold I agree with you in that

  • @Raggandrist
    @Raggandrist Před 3 lety

    The footage of the bullet smashing the PRD square in the face is incredible. Truly amazing footage

  • @johnpwmcgrath
    @johnpwmcgrath Před 2 lety

    Great video. Adding the Paisley letter was a great touch! Cheers, John

  • @PrincipalAudio
    @PrincipalAudio Před 7 lety +640

    Hi Destin. As a sound engineer, I'd like to point out to the audience something they may not realise - the slow motion sounds are artificial (for the most part, with real sounds mixed in and reverberation added). But I'm wondering how the sound design was actually done in this case? It's really effective! Much more realistic-sounding than Hollywood sound effects, which are based upon what they think the audience is used to hearing. Perhaps it might be an interesting video to do! Cheers, Jim.

    • @ashellinthepit
      @ashellinthepit Před 7 lety +441

      Hi there, I'm the sound designer/composer for SED. All the SFX are edited to picture from scratch using a mix of original recordings & library sounds & a *ton* of reverb & delay. I do edit at least partially to expectation & simply use my intuition/taste to decide what sounds to use to represent the slow-motion footage. PRDs wound up being a lot of glass shattering (obviously) sand, gravel, and wind among a few other things. For the lifesavers we used electric zaps and recordings of tumbling rocks. I also find it important to have a static bed drone behind all slow-motion shots to give a feeling of time suspension.

    • @Quick_in_and_out
      @Quick_in_and_out Před 7 lety +93

      I just subscribed to this channel purely on the amazing level of interaction shown here (ok not purely, because the content is also amazing but I didn't click subscribe until now). Not only did a person involved in the channel respond to the question, the depth of explanation is so good.

    • @dmsmhic
      @dmsmhic Před 7 lety +5

      ashellinthepit Awesome answer, thank you! Curious though, what does "Ashel lint he pit" refer to?

    • @iamnotsure1
      @iamnotsure1 Před 7 lety +10

      A Shell in the pit.

    • @PrincipalAudio
      @PrincipalAudio Před 7 lety +27

      +ashellinthepit
      Wow, thanks for the response! I expected my comment to get buried before anyone saw it. Amazing work, by the way. I've done very little sound design myself and envy the ability for people to produce such great sounding effects and backing as you have done.

  • @jindlespog8045
    @jindlespog8045 Před 4 lety +419

    Hi, I'm Prince Rupert and that's my drop. You will pay for this. You. Will. Pay.

    • @generalzugs6017
      @generalzugs6017 Před 4 lety +7

      You should change your name then.

    • @peerbrent
      @peerbrent Před 4 lety +4

      Jindle Spog Change your name it will be better

    • @jonathanboyer8723
      @jonathanboyer8723 Před 4 lety +8

      Yeah definitely shouldn’t try impersonating me without at least changing your name.

    • @jindlespog8045
      @jindlespog8045 Před 4 lety +6

      @@jonathanboyer8723 "Jindle Spog" is a title, not a name. Get thee hence, impostor!

    • @khronoq776
      @khronoq776 Před 4 lety +1

      Bruh Prince Rupert murdered this guy and took over

  • @mrsquid_
    @mrsquid_ Před rokem +1

    3:50 the way it just looks like a fluffy cloud when it breaks is so satisfying to look at

  • @NothingPicksLocks
    @NothingPicksLocks Před 3 lety

    That is some of the coolest slow-mo footage I have ever seen!!!

  • @kadourimdou43
    @kadourimdou43 Před 7 lety +177

    Rocket Launcher against a Prince Ruperts Drop at 50'000 fps. Next video.

    • @skydivingmoose1671
      @skydivingmoose1671 Před 7 lety

      Francis Haduca then it will be a 250 mm artillery ap round

    • @dXXPacmanXXb
      @dXXPacmanXXb Před 7 lety

      50,000 fps? That's weak...I want a million fps, minimum

  • @Fool_zardyy
    @Fool_zardyy Před 4 lety +1558

    How did we go from knowing about triboluminescence in the 1600s to people still believing Earth is flat?
    (Disclaimer: Please DONT get triggered or offended)

    • @khoanguyen9961
      @khoanguyen9961 Před 4 lety +125

      Facebook karens

    • @caelodevorago608
      @caelodevorago608 Před 4 lety +39

      In the 1600s, most people in the scientific fields (Mostly priests and other intellectuals) knew the world wasn't flat. How? They went up in a castle tower and looked at the horizon. Where there's a curve
      Christopher Columbus was such a massive dumbass that he thought the world was flat (One of the reasons why it was difficult for him to get funding for his exhibition)

    • @teaurn
      @teaurn Před 4 lety +55

      @@caelodevorago608 You won't see a curve from a castle tower, no hope at all. You can't even see the curve from the Burj Khalifa and it's 830m tall!

    • @caelodevorago608
      @caelodevorago608 Před 4 lety +25

      @@teaurn *It's the internet and I can't be sure you're serious, but I shall assume so because of the "no hope at all" line*
      But for those who do think that, yes, you absolutely can. It doesn't require much height to see the curve. At 50m in a tower, as long as you have a clear sight-line to the horizon, you can see a subtle curve.

    • @teaurn
      @teaurn Před 4 lety +22

      @@caelodevorago608 A simple google will tell you you're wrong...at 10km altitude, you might get lucky, with a wide field of view and a cloudless horizon, but otherwise no.
      If a curved Earth was that easy to prove, all the idiots who believe in a flat Earth would be silenced... It's a matter of scale.

  • @bradmoyer9737
    @bradmoyer9737 Před 3 lety

    Enlightening, entertaining and some pretty fine offhand shooting!

  • @khrisshultz2532
    @khrisshultz2532 Před rokem

    Just stumbled upon your channel and you have the best slowmo I've ever seen

  • @MatthewSmith-rv2jw
    @MatthewSmith-rv2jw Před 7 lety +188

    "what did you think chicken?"
    hardest that I have laughed all week

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Před 7 lety

      But in that voice.

    • @HealthyFamilyVarietyChannel
      @HealthyFamilyVarietyChannel Před 7 lety +6

      Matthew Smith yep, ......'cause it was totally a ROOSTER! Silly Destin.

    • @ajbemrose8259
      @ajbemrose8259 Před 7 lety +5

      Rooster = male chicken.

    • @dvdrwsor
      @dvdrwsor Před 7 lety +1

      Some underdeveloped individuals laugh even when you show them your finger.

    • @starlinguk
      @starlinguk Před 7 lety +4

      Hen = female Rooster = male Chicken = male or female.

  • @larserik6517
    @larserik6517 Před 4 lety +185

    4:00 Palpatine intensifies

  • @spectrum1com
    @spectrum1com Před 3 lety

    I'm absolutely mind blown that candy creates light!! This..this is why I absolutely love your channel and youtube for bringing us such knowledge for any age. In school or out I love learning.

  • @antoinegirard5144
    @antoinegirard5144 Před 3 lety +4

    So basically im Thor

  • @madhavraghu
    @madhavraghu Před 7 lety +122

    Destin, your no-scoping skills are amazing. :P

  • @thaGrimace
    @thaGrimace Před 7 lety +60

    You shot a .223 at 223K FPS? I can dig it.

  • @xwd
    @xwd Před 3 lety

    wow defiantly learned something today, smashing sugar gives you sparks very interesting. Thank You.

  • @funnyhowthingsturnout6186

    Time to rewatch this 3 years later thanks to the CZcams algorithm.
    Yup still gold.

  • @V1kram
    @V1kram Před 6 lety +235

    Sand to glass, Glass to sand.

    • @shh1982
      @shh1982 Před 5 lety +2

      Oh I get it

    • @KaifamGaming
      @KaifamGaming Před 5 lety

      Put glass in a furnace and you will get glass.
      Put glass in a freezer and you will have sand.

  • @beastman.330
    @beastman.330 Před 2 lety

    One the best video's. Truperts drop is the pattern of life, from the rivers to the cells in a body.

  • @seanmoody969
    @seanmoody969 Před 3 lety

    Watching that get demolished is so freaking , cool thumbs up man good job!!!

  • @baaelectronics
    @baaelectronics Před 7 lety +29

    Sound design was totally awesome in this video!

  • @Nighthawkinlight
    @Nighthawkinlight Před 7 lety +88

    I'm watching this video and the lifesaver video on SED2 simultaneously. SEDception.

    • @vedanta190
      @vedanta190 Před 7 lety

      NightHawkInLight wow! I didn't know NightHawkInLight watches SmarterEveryDay! Cool! You watch all of my favorite channels too!

    • @Nighthawkinlight
      @Nighthawkinlight Před 7 lety +7

      If there's a video on SED that I haven't seen...Well, I haven't seen it.

  • @rhampeige
    @rhampeige Před 3 lety

    this guy does everything

  • @asdassdgfdf7509
    @asdassdgfdf7509 Před 6 měsíci

    Aww letter part made me tear up. So sweet and kind of you to mention her letter in a video that will be watched by 10s of millions of people.

  • @pnewm10
    @pnewm10 Před 4 lety +181

    3:47 I think what happened here is actually that the inertia of the drop broke it much nearer to the tail, off camera, from bullet transferring the energy to the drop, rather than the fracturing happening at the point of impact. You can see that the fracture propagation starts off camera in the tail and goes up TO the bulb and at the final point of impact.

    • @FetalNevada
      @FetalNevada Před 4 lety +9

      I was thinking the same thing. I've been trying to think of a way to isolate the variables so we can see if a bullet could actually penetrate the drop portion, but I feel like anything you do to isolate the tail effectively negates it being a Prince Rupert's Drop in the first place.

    • @lolbotomy
      @lolbotomy Před 3 lety +1

      it just moved too much

    • @MastaTutorialz
      @MastaTutorialz Před 3 lety +3

      Yes that has to be the case op, which i think means an actual test is basically impossible

    • @Arrica101
      @Arrica101 Před 3 lety +2

      Well yea, I mean you can quite clearly see that in the video

    • @TheOfficialTYSIL
      @TheOfficialTYSIL Před 3 lety +4

      The drop won!

  • @jeremiedsouza6703
    @jeremiedsouza6703 Před 3 lety +267

    The first prince Rupert's drop against the AK actually survived but some of the shrapnel from the bullet hit the end of the drop which caused it to shatter. 4:20 for reference

    • @jeremiedsouza6703
      @jeremiedsouza6703 Před 3 lety +7

      @Jim Harol a prince Rupert's drop reference shud be used instead of the usual 'Achilles heel' phrase.

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe Před 3 lety +21

      4:20
      Nice

    • @lhfinatl7068
      @lhfinatl7068 Před 3 lety

      That was my thinking as well.

    • @RandomPerson-yq1qk
      @RandomPerson-yq1qk Před 3 lety +45

      I am not sure if it is actually a shrapnel. I imagine that the shockwave traveled to the end where the drop is the weakest so it broke there and caused the rest to break.
      You can see the Drop starting to break from tail (while already breaking) at 5:07. In that example there is clearly no shrapnel hitting the tail. It just starts breaking there because of the shockwave.

    • @jeremiedsouza6703
      @jeremiedsouza6703 Před 3 lety +8

      @@RandomPerson-yq1qk oh yea ur rite

  • @tanvirtscientist608
    @tanvirtscientist608 Před 3 lety

    this was awesome!

  • @StraightEdgeHippie
    @StraightEdgeHippie Před 3 lety

    I love this man

  • @Kenchinito2207
    @Kenchinito2207 Před 4 lety +51

    @5:04 you can see the prince rupert break from the front and the back at the same time. This means that the speed at which the mechanical shockwave travels to the "tail" is faster than the speed of the glass breaking. That's pretty cool, I thought they would have about the same speed.
    Please correct me if I'm wrong I want to be... Smarter Every Day

    • @animorte9790
      @animorte9790 Před 2 lety +6

      It looks exactly like when lightning strikes a tree but the slow motion reveals lightning leaving the ground to meet the strike.

    • @Jackson-pu7gd
      @Jackson-pu7gd Před 2 lety

      yes! i was wondering about that too

  • @collector98
    @collector98 Před 7 lety +114

    What would happen if you tried to melt the tail off of a prince Rupert drop?

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico Před 7 lety +25

      They did with one in the previous test. It became invincible.

    • @collector98
      @collector98 Před 7 lety +1

      I didn't know that! thanks for the info! I'll have to check it out!

    • @mohsena4147
      @mohsena4147 Před 7 lety

      Andrew Luckeroth I don't think you know how to use !!!!!

  • @jonkirkwood469
    @jonkirkwood469 Před 3 lety +63

    Destin, my grandson and I are thrilled by your videos. You have a bit of a cult following in the homeschooled community. You bring life to science. Thank-you for your enthusiasm and just good ol' clean-cut fun. By the way, those were some great shots. I'da been out there all day trying to hit those drops.

  • @ront8270
    @ront8270 Před 3 lety

    I love you’d cameras ..your slo mo is best on utube

  • @millsy0882
    @millsy0882 Před 4 lety +79

    7:07 that segway would make Linus jealous

  • @MrLeo10
    @MrLeo10 Před 7 lety +28

    Sugar sparks?!?! Whaaaaaaat?!

  • @InspectahPatio
    @InspectahPatio Před 2 lety

    Can't believe you shot the tannerite/glass combo from point blank oh my lord. Just looking at the glass shrapnel(?) flying towards you had me running for cover! Did you really make it away from that without any glass embedded in you?! Fantastic content as always!

  • @rgblackshorts
    @rgblackshorts Před rokem

    I live for this

  • @nikitagolban3906
    @nikitagolban3906 Před 4 lety +132

    2:31
    Me after watching this vid: *smashes lifesaver with mallet* "MOM I AM THOR".

  • @Illijah02
    @Illijah02 Před 4 lety +53

    4:05 Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good...

  • @IncredibleJim
    @IncredibleJim Před 3 lety +2

    What’s crazy is how fast that explosion happened even in slow mo

  • @andersonpro1702
    @andersonpro1702 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Me:
    Nobody: normal day in America shooting prince Ruperts drops

  • @LawnD4rt
    @LawnD4rt Před 7 lety +52

    No Mosin :(

    • @chifylube
      @chifylube Před 7 lety +4

      LawnD4rt I was really looking forward to that one too.

  • @_lumio
    @_lumio Před 7 lety +293

    Okay wait! When smashing hard candy causes sparks... does that mean, you can get gasoline (or any other highly combustible material) on fire by just hitting candy?
    Can you make a video, trying that out?

    • @Raisonbran648
      @Raisonbran648 Před 7 lety +26

      That's a good question. That has me wondering about sparks in general.
      Like can a spark be invisible but ignite things, or is it's energy equal to it's brightness? Are the candy sparks hot or is it like static electricity? I wonder if anyone has tried to measure the energy released by the candy sparks.

    • @RealCadde
      @RealCadde Před 7 lety +19

      I doubt it's going to ignite gasoline. Believe it or not, the spark is simply not strong enough to light the fuel in the best of conditions.
      Not even most static electricity will light gasoline. Heck, not even a tesla coil would light gasoline right away. You would have to get a really good channel of electric discharge to light it.
      In a combustion engine, if there's a lack of compression, even the spark plug won't ignite the air/fuel mixture.

    • @hijack69
      @hijack69 Před 7 lety +8

      Cadde What if we smash hundred candies at the same time?

    • @eddielong96
      @eddielong96 Před 7 lety +5

      honestly i don't its a spark in that way... like the way he says it (an it appears) its literally just light, not electricity.

    • @ericjohnson8482
      @ericjohnson8482 Před 7 lety +5

      No, the energy isn't high enough to ignite it.

  • @cadehannah1903
    @cadehannah1903 Před 3 lety

    The shot before the exploding... I saw it start shattering up top where the bullet hit but then halfway through the tail started shattering... was that just the force from the top?
    Also
    “What do you think chicken?”
    hilarious😂😂

  • @anilkashyap1388
    @anilkashyap1388 Před 3 lety

    Love your content

  • @seand8712
    @seand8712 Před 7 lety +69

    I'm a glassblower so this is especially awesome for me. Thanks for the update. Great work.

    • @offbeat4772
      @offbeat4772 Před 7 lety +5

      Sean D you can blow my glass ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @seand8712
      @seand8712 Před 7 lety +4

      Hah! You used the word glass in place of another word. So clever! Why have I never heard this before?!?

    • @maxcarvalho3202
      @maxcarvalho3202 Před 7 lety

      Sean D it's more the word "blow" that you should notice....
      also your name is Sean s 'D"
      (((((((( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @seand8712
      @seand8712 Před 7 lety

      Max Carvalho OMG the funnies keep coming!!

    • @Tejas-zx7ie
      @Tejas-zx7ie Před 7 lety

      How it's like being a blower?

  • @Captain_Hapton
    @Captain_Hapton Před 5 lety +61

    "Mom, there's about to be a big boom!"
    Can't help but wonder how many times he's said that in his childhood.

    • @phlodel
      @phlodel Před 5 lety +1

      Mom - yeah, so?

    • @gavinator8018
      @gavinator8018 Před 5 lety +4

      Probably every time he brought a girl over to the house... Lol.

  • @filoulam6616
    @filoulam6616 Před 3 lety +14

    the drop shattering looks like the end of Avengers : endgame

  • @HelicoolsHelipad
    @HelicoolsHelipad Před 3 lety

    Right on! Would love to have one of those cameras, for sure!

  • @jakepoulis9029
    @jakepoulis9029 Před 7 lety +20

    love the prince rupert drop vids

  • @andys.1316
    @andys.1316 Před 7 lety +48

    Paisley you're one lucky person !

  • @colinvannurden3090
    @colinvannurden3090 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude, the end of the video, 'just gonna use some tannerite on this' lol!! I would get in a lot of trouble if we hung out bro!!

  • @pon9997
    @pon9997 Před rokem +5

    thats so cool 2:41 crushing candy and there is lightining effect wish you showed that in videos now days can you charge somthing with that or does it generate electricity i wonder.

  • @_jb_
    @_jb_ Před 7 lety +59

    Look at 5:25 how there are 2 waves of glass breaking. One going up and on going down

    • @OnDragi
      @OnDragi Před 7 lety +10

      Wow, you're right, that's really interesting. So the vibrations got to the end much faster then the "explosion".

    • @TaiChiGhost
      @TaiChiGhost Před 7 lety +1

      At 3:49 the energy comes up from the tail to shatter.

    • @valken666
      @valken666 Před 6 lety

      The first one wouldn't have shattered if he had shoot from bellow, or protected the tail.

    • @morarulucian8755
      @morarulucian8755 Před 6 lety

      but didn't broke util it the first wave got to the middle

    • @finlandball1939
      @finlandball1939 Před 6 lety

      jbvsmo o

  • @user-wn1jm9me8u
    @user-wn1jm9me8u Před 7 lety +85

    could you do more on the spark thing please.

    • @WilliamDye-willdye
      @WilliamDye-willdye Před 7 lety +5

      James Calver : He has more footage of his triboluminescence demonstrations on his second channel, "Smarter Every Day 2".

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Před 7 lety +31

      Ask and ye shall receive. czcams.com/video/tW8q_JfmcbU/video.html

    • @dewinmoonl
      @dewinmoonl Před 7 lety

      OoOOOOoooOOoOoOOOOoo
      ur da best! :D

  • @kevinmathewson4272
    @kevinmathewson4272 Před 3 lety +2

    The letter from Paisley was so cute I almost cried.

  • @prototypeeight9503
    @prototypeeight9503 Před 3 lety +2

    "What did you think, chicken?!" i'm still laughing.

  • @007man23
    @007man23 Před 7 lety +66

    PrinceRupertDropEveryday

  • @X_X21
    @X_X21 Před 7 lety +7

    That light thing coming from the life savers really tripped me out lol

  • @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO
    @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Před 3 lety +1

    You are the man : ) This kind of seemingly (or otherwise) simple science (scientific experiments) is/are quite mindblowing and mentally illuminating.

  • @rustypanels1917
    @rustypanels1917 Před 2 lety

    slow mo is fantastic, you answered Paisley's letter beautifully..

  • @amirnowgaonkar9663
    @amirnowgaonkar9663 Před 7 lety +33

    Hey Destin! I was wondering, can you drill a hole in a Prince Rupert's Drop?

    • @joshl256
      @joshl256 Před 7 lety +3

      Amir Nowgaonkar I'm guessing no, I'm by no means an expert but wherever there's a fracture in a Prince Rupert's Drop the glass tends to break in a cascading pattern if not always. So drilling it will probably yield the same results.

    • @YYwb
      @YYwb Před 6 lety +1

      The vibration will destroy it.

  • @garychandler4296
    @garychandler4296 Před 4 lety +35

    "What did you think, chicken?"
    "No more eggs for you!"

  • @donaldolin4616
    @donaldolin4616 Před 3 lety

    Great stuff.

  • @izzzzzz6
    @izzzzzz6 Před 3 lety

    I think you just invented the best advert ever for polos.

  • @beardnbush
    @beardnbush Před 7 lety +32

    At 8:52, you can see the Prince Rupert Drop in the upper mid-right corner.

  • @jamieh6084
    @jamieh6084 Před 7 lety +3

    love this stuff... keep em coming destin!

  • @Krawurxus
    @Krawurxus Před 3 lety +162

    "Wow, these things are really strong, they only break if you nick their tail."
    Educated Alabama man: "I wanna shoot it with an assault rifle."

    • @Reed591
      @Reed591 Před 3 lety +17

      there wasn’t a single assault rifle in this video, it’s been illegal to own an assault rifle since 1986

    • @Krawurxus
      @Krawurxus Před 3 lety +1

      @@Reed591 So what type of weapon would you class an AK-47 under then?

    • @Reed591
      @Reed591 Před 3 lety +22

      that’s not an AK-47 it’s an AKM a true fully automatic AK-47 would be an assault rifle a semi auto variant is nothing more than a modern sporting rifle

    • @Krawurxus
      @Krawurxus Před 3 lety +1

      @@Reed591 So it's a semiautomatic assault rifle.

    • @Reed591
      @Reed591 Před 3 lety +22

      @@Krawurxus No that is an oxymoron and does not exist. just trying to make you smarter everyday.

  • @Johnnyfabifit
    @Johnnyfabifit Před 3 lety

    We used to bite and watch the sparks of lifesavers candies when I was a kid. Very cool affect!

  • @moderndaythornsagain
    @moderndaythornsagain Před 7 lety +58

    If your chickens still lay, I'm surprised. 😂

  • @dralexhunter
    @dralexhunter Před 7 lety +41

    Dear Dastin, can u take some shots in more a controlled situation. It seems to me that the angle is quite relevant when it comes to bullet resistance... have fun

  • @amandadafnyee7609
    @amandadafnyee7609 Před 2 lety

    really awesome !

  • @DooderKing
    @DooderKing Před 3 lety

    5:20 amazing shot dustin... congratulations man.