A vlogger drank cyanide as part of a science experiment.
Cody Don of Cody's Lab YouTube channel sprinkled the infamously poisonous compound into a glass of water and drank it in order to educate viewers about the substance and what it does to the body if consumed.
Cody shaves off a 17mg portion in the video and then drinks it.
Credit: YouTube / Cody'sLab
He tells viewers that, as a lethal dose is around 300mg for a person of his size, the small amount he took will not harm him.
"It tastes like baking soda", he says. "I've got a tremor [in his arm] and my breathing is slightly more rapid" as cyanide inhibits the body's ability to absorb oxygen.
"What makes a poison is not the fact that it is a dangerous chemical, what makes it a poison is the dose."
As the liver would generally destroy the small amount of cyanide he ingested in around 10 to 15 minutes, if you wanted you could eat small doses of the compound throughout the day and remain unharmed.
"There you go," he says: "I drank cyanide and did not die."
Congratulations, mate.
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In the meantime, please do not drink cyanide, at all. I have enough on my conscience as it is.
For more interesting science experiments, follow Cody's channel on YouTube.
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