May have. Maybe. Kind of sort of, Perhaps. Could have.
''...a bulbous vessel retrieved from an underwater site in Guatemala holding as much as 500 cubic centimeters of elemental mercury..."
We used to play with it as kids. Use it in high school labs. Really need that adjective, bulbous. Helps. As to "as much as," a lovely kind of sort of. As to 500 cubic centimeters, sounds like a lot! Right? That's a bit more than a pint. Today, online, about $100 worth, delivered to your home or classroom....
Source: https://www.grainger.com/product/8ZL32?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231
Be sure to mix some in with the punch at your next party.
Mercury made great switch contacts. I use to rob the glass vials from old mercury switches and put the mercury in a glass bottle. Fun stuff.
“We used to play with it as kids. Use it in high school labs. Really need that adjective, bulbous. Helps. As to “as much as,” a lovely kind of sort of. As to 500 cubic centimeters, sounds like a lot! Right? That’s a bit more than a pint. Today, online, about $100 worth, delivered to your home or classroom....”
Had a friend who grew up around the great lakes. He was telling me that there were small streams of it running out of the hills into the lakes.
I don’t know if it is true or not because of the constant environmental “one size fits all” narrative and brainwashing, but someone once told me it is only mercury in a certain type of state that is poisonous? The mercury we played with was not that harmful.