7 Man-Made Substances That Laugh at the Laws of Physics


	7 Man-Made Substances That Laugh at the Laws of Physics

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7-14-2009 5:42 PM

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Remember that scene in The Abyss, before you fell asleep, when Ed Harris was put in a diving suit that was filled with pink goo that he then breathed? It turns out James Cameron wasn't blowing pink goo-laced smoke up our ass; that stuff really exists. Perfluorocarbons are fluids that contain shitloads of oxygen, making it possible to breathe liquid. They originally tested it back in the 60s on mice, with a certain degree of success... sort of

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7-14-2009 10:30 PM

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cracked is hilarious....great clip

7-14-2009 10:35 PM

merrie

Some days are so "cracked", if you know what I mean

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