ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** As I read the following missive, two words kept running through my head: Darwin Award. Jonah Cohen Outreach & Public Programs Manager Science Center of Connecticut On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:11:30 -0400 William <[log in to unmask]> writes: > For what it's worth, Liquid Nitrogen can actually be picked up, > popped in your mouth rolled around and spat back out. It's something done by > daring physics and chem. students at some universities. Now THAT truly is > dangerous - but not because the liquid nitrogen will harm you if > done correctly (it rides around on a layer of gas due to rapid > evaporation). It's dangerous because if you accidentally swallow it, it will > normally kill you. A student at one of my alma mater's did this, and is the > first known person to survive swallowing LN. He was in the hospital for a > few months after. Essentially the LN quickly evaporates acting like a > mini-explosion inside you and the temperature differential on the > way down your throat also causes scarred tissue and such. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]