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Chris got some of this on the Internet. It's really a treat to play with. There's more info on this scientific miracle here- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_sand
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  • AA 2 years ago
    I read the wikipedia article. It says it needs help expanding...much wikipedia's "caddy" entry needed help expanding...
  • Ricky Van Veen 2 years ago
    how did you know about the caddying article???
  • David Cho 2 years ago
    Probably Amir's blog--
  • AA 2 years ago
    Yep, it was Amir's blog.
  • Daniel Schoen 2 years ago
    Scary, I just read that entry today.
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  • Amanda 2 years ago
    This is like Bill Nye! Amazing!
  • Jakob Lodwick 2 years ago
    Yeah, except Bill Nye actually explains the science behind it! Ricky basically chalks it up to magic.
  • damon 2 years ago
    I think Ricky is a witch.
  • Amanda 2 years ago
    He figures that with his good looks and youthful age (2 things Bill Nye definitely didn't have), he can just link to an article about it, instead of taking the time to explain it. Hey, works for me!
  • Emmanoel 2 years ago
    hahaha I completely agree lol much more fun watching him than Bill Nye
  • damon 2 years ago
    OK, he's a diversionary witch. BURN HIM! :-) (python reference)
  • Alex Kehr 2 years ago
    Bill Nye is a fraud. Apparently he says Global Warming isn't real because he is paid by oil companies...
  • Amanda 2 years ago
    no, I think your confused. Thats our president being paid off by the oil companies, not Bill Nye. But I see how you can make that mistake.
  • damon 2 years ago
    I think there's a few scientists who don't agree with global warming... but why is this on Vimeo? canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm
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  • Miles 2 years ago
    I want some. i think it'd be good for pranks, somehow
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  • pflynn02 2 years ago
    INSANE!!!!! hahahaha
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  • dalas verdugo 2 years ago
    sciencey!
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  • Daniel Schoen 2 years ago
    Aah, the internet. Seriously, what CAN'T you order online? By the way, you should totally continue Ricky's Science Lab. I think you're onto something. Plus, I am drunk.
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  • charliesteadman 2 years ago
    Wow! I'm picking up bone fragments and pieces of my brain from my desk now.
  • damon 2 years ago
    Messy...
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  • Amanda 2 years ago
    All beaches should be made of that stuff.
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  • Thommy Browne 2 years ago
    I love Rickys Science Lab

    So ... what the hell do you do with it?
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  • quizzical44 2 years ago
    You look like a Crate & Barrell catalog with your ultra-green shirt against the all white background. That or something Swedish. Or Target.
    Could be anything, really.
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  • Thomas M 2 years ago
    I think it would be funny to replace the strawberry Quik powder with that stuff and watch people try to mix it up with their milk... Hopefully it isn't toxic.
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  • Carleton 2 years ago
    but why is it red?
  • J.B. Nymble 2 years ago
    everyone knows that red is waterproof :D
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  • jaaaniiineee 2 years ago
    hey, i understand how that works! xoxo science
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  • vim 2 years ago
    Waterproof beach sand would be bad to get in your swimsuit.
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  • KatieJo 2 years ago
    That sand is righteous.

    P.s. I totally stole your 10 second question idea, even though I don't know you.............yeah
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  • Miles 2 years ago
    when i first saw this clip i went to the wikipedia page and added a URL to this clip on the wikipeida entry. i forgot to tell you, but now i have. I'm not lying i really put that on there
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  • i ate some of those sometime ago...
    it tasted gnarly
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  • Erick C. 1 year ago
    have you seen that stuff you mix together in a bowl and it's liquid but when you punch it it's hard like a solid? you can also squeeze it tightly and it's hard but when you release your grip it runs out of your hand like water? totally magical.
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  • Annie 1 year ago
    Ahh I just discovered this clip and it brought me back to when I was a baby-ish. My brother had a whole bunch of this stuff in all different colors. I remember feeling the sand underwater because it magically was not wet!!
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  • Cassie Brown 1 year ago
    Does NOBODY remember the market name for this? C'MON people, don't you remember SQUAND?! It's squand! It came in like 4 colors with a special little pipette to build castles and crap underwater. It also came with a little tank that you could piece together. Too bad it leaked and there was a huge SQUANDY mess in my kitchen the next morning.

    squand.
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