Inventing Chemical Warfare What is Nerve Gas Anyway, and Who Invented it

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Today I Found Out

Today I Found Out

Күн бұрын

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@TodayIFoundOut
@TodayIFoundOut 3 жыл бұрын
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@chriskatz2355
@chriskatz2355 3 жыл бұрын
I keep getting closer and closer to each post.....im getting closer
@6stringgunner511
@6stringgunner511 3 жыл бұрын
I always thought my brother did. He had the most foul, sinus burning gas ever leaked upon humanity! He would crop dust the unsuspecting and laugh insanely!!! 😁💨💨💨🥵🤢🤮🤮🥵🤢🤮🤮!!!
@almighty3946
@almighty3946 3 жыл бұрын
Just what I needed on Christmas Eve. Thanks Simon
@Amlaeuxrai
@Amlaeuxrai 3 жыл бұрын
remember, kids on the naughty list get their houses shelled with Tabun
@iamnolegend483
@iamnolegend483 3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly.
@i-am-evil-morty6710
@i-am-evil-morty6710 3 жыл бұрын
Ew Christmas
@A_Casual_NPC
@A_Casual_NPC 3 жыл бұрын
This isn't even one of Simon's darker channels rofl
@kylarstern7627
@kylarstern7627 3 жыл бұрын
The past is the worst, come live in the future! Its Christmas day in Australia!
@bobbiecapewell5333
@bobbiecapewell5333 3 жыл бұрын
Humans: "we've discovered something terrible that can kill and injure hundreds of thousands" Also humans: "let's make it worse"
@fredtaylor9792
@fredtaylor9792 3 жыл бұрын
Also humans: this is horrible, let's not make it worse.
@joshuablair252
@joshuablair252 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, it was nuclear weapons that ended ww2 and created peace throughout the cold war by mutually assured destruction. Chemical weapons are the worst thing though.
@manupontheprecipice6254
@manupontheprecipice6254 2 жыл бұрын
@@fredtaylor9792 Also humans: We’ll use it on our enemies. That will never go bad.
@naomihodgson8177
@naomihodgson8177 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, Christmas Eve, the best time to learn about nerve agents
@AnimeShinigami13
@AnimeShinigami13 3 жыл бұрын
It's a reminder, peace on earth, goodwill toward men. >.< Humans need to care about each other, because the Universe at large does not.
@MandleRoss
@MandleRoss 3 жыл бұрын
While nowhere near as deadly as VX, VR is a pretty potent nerve agent: Visiting Relatives.
@james87367
@james87367 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think the team are Christians. Lol. They don't believe in Christmas.
@GazB85
@GazB85 3 жыл бұрын
Naomi, if you lived in Afghanistan and it was Christmas Eve 1979 😉, it'd of been the perfect time to learn about them!
@ajhubbell3754
@ajhubbell3754 3 жыл бұрын
I was trained in the military as a chemical and biological weapons expert. This is a very good and accurate telling. In our training we watched a lot of horrifying videos on the effects of these weapons. It is quite literally the thing nightmares are made of. When I was stationed in South Korea we were told that Kim Jong Il had 6,000 tons of chemical warheads. That was in 2002. I have heard rumors that his son has raised that number to almost 20,000 tons. Easy to make, fairly easy to deploy and terrifyingly powerful. I hate these things.
@Dang3rMouSe
@Dang3rMouSe 3 жыл бұрын
That video of Chemical Ali's attack on the Kurdish ppl & the Syrian videos are nightmarish. Hell, even the animal testing videos are god awful. I can't even imagine seeing some of the classified videos you may have been exposed to in training. I worked in a level 4 trauma unit of an Emergency Dept in the DC area & we were setup to be one of several primary units to take in casualties if a Chem/Bio/Nuc attack were to occur. We trained w/ help from Ft Detrick military & also govt officials running regular drills while I was there. I just pray we never see a mass casualty event like we prepped & trained for. I agree, weaponized chem & bio agents are truly the stuff of nightmares
@barquerojuancarlos7253
@barquerojuancarlos7253 3 жыл бұрын
What's your opinion of the recent whistleblowers from the OPCW over the use chemical agents in Syria? They condemned the conclusions of the OPCW that Syria used the agents claimed
@maryasuestark5208
@maryasuestark5208 3 жыл бұрын
Ah the Kims, those little rascals.
@silverhawkscape2677
@silverhawkscape2677 3 жыл бұрын
Powerful but not as reliable as a bomb. Which we should be thankful.
@lm7_gio
@lm7_gio 3 жыл бұрын
Unless the 20.000 tons that you heard are like Shadam's chemicals. You know, the ones that USA used as an excuse to bomb and take over Iraq and then never found evidence of?
@ksteak27
@ksteak27 3 жыл бұрын
I've been overwhelmed by chlorine just from opening a bucket of pool chlorine tablets and not airing it out before taking a breath. I cannot even imagine what those soldiers must have felt at massive times what I experienced.
@booradley6832
@booradley6832 3 жыл бұрын
If you want to find out, for science or something, pour a gallon of ammonia onto those tablets.
@ksteak27
@ksteak27 3 жыл бұрын
@@booradley6832 Just tidy-up your life insurance details first. :)
@karlstetter9512
@karlstetter9512 3 жыл бұрын
Same, I was in first or second grade. I was helping my grandfather with the pool opened the bucket with my head directly over it. Faint ly heard my grandfather yelled no to me but it dropped me. Lol first time I had ever been knocked out. Lmao 🤣
@kimberlyweaver1285
@kimberlyweaver1285 3 жыл бұрын
I messed up bad one time using pesticides. The room wasn’t ventilated well. I began coughing so hard I couldn’t catch my breath. It was hell for a good 15 minutes. I was exhausted and in shock by the end of it. I can’t imagine dying like that. 😢
@QuantumRift
@QuantumRift 3 жыл бұрын
That's how the insects we poison die.
@LannasMissingLink
@LannasMissingLink 2 жыл бұрын
I get bouts of this every now and then after having covid, though I'm so glad I didn't get symptoms as bad as my mum's cousin who needs a portable oxygen tank at all times now. You don't realise how important your lungs are till they start acting up...
@medusagorgo5146
@medusagorgo5146 3 жыл бұрын
When I was in the army, a set of three atropine shots were the norm. We were instructed that after you use one, it was to clipped to the MOPP gear at the chest so that medics would know how many had been used. I never had much faith in it.
@justacentrist4147
@justacentrist4147 3 жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather (he was an Irish canadian) was mustard gassed during ww1 while serving in his majesty's canadian armed forces. He survived was hospitalized, recovered, and went on to compleat his service. He survived the war and returned home. Thanks for your service Grampa we will always Remember.
@CephaloG0D
@CephaloG0D 3 жыл бұрын
One of my family members was a test subject for nerve agents. His stories are terrifying
@captainhakob814
@captainhakob814 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like they need to make a you tube channel
@HeretixAevum
@HeretixAevum 3 жыл бұрын
@@captainhakob814 I dunno, I think if you talked about that stuff too publicly you'd end up """""comitting suicide"""""
@floo1465
@floo1465 3 жыл бұрын
@@HeretixAevum suicide by two gunshot wounds to the back of the head?
@Real-Ruby-Red
@Real-Ruby-Red 3 жыл бұрын
Sure he was
@delamovies
@delamovies 3 жыл бұрын
@@LegendLength you are naive
@GertrudePerkins
@GertrudePerkins 3 жыл бұрын
Technically speaking, it is more accurate to describe them as Nerve Agents as the majority are liquids in their natural state. Tabun, Sarin and Soman (the G series) are volatile, non-persistent liquids, meaning they vaporise easily at ambient temperatures, becoming gaseous. VG (aka ICI's pesticide Amiton), VE, VM, VR, and VX (the V series) are non-volatile, persistent liquids that remain in their liquid state and do not readily vaporise at ambient temperatures. The V series are mostly a contact hazard, but can also be an aerosol hazard (i.e. droplets suspended in air). The A or N series (the Newcomers or Novichoks), which include A320, A232, A234, and some others, are mostly liquids (although some later variants are allegedly solids that have to be ground into a very fine powder). A234, in particular is a non-volatile liquid that is mostly a contact or aerosol hazard, as it a persistent liquid (like VX) that does not vaporise at ambient temperatures and remains a liquid. A234 was the Chemical Warfare Agent deployed in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal. There are also some Carbamates, which are classified as Schedule 1 Nerve Agents, as they also disrupt acetlcholineesterase. I believe these came out of research in the USA, but were not deemed to be militarily as effective as VX. Despite claims to the contrary, it is unconfirmed whether A234 is actually more toxic than VX, because the Russians never produced VX itself but a very close isomer of VX that was not as stable as VX in long-term storage. Regardless, VX remains super-toxic in very small droplets. ALL Nerve Agents are lethal military grade toxicants, regardless whether they are Crude (impure) or Purified. Iraq mostly used impure Tabun in its chemical weapons attacks during the 1980s. The fact it was impure did not effect its ability to inflict mass casualties. However, if a Nerve Agent is purified to more than 95% purity, it lasts longer in long term storage. Impure Nerve Agents degrade more rapidly than purified ones. Tabun was invented as an insecticide by Dr Schrader of I G Farben, until Dr Schrader realised just how lethal it is to humans. Ditto, VG (Amiton) was also invented by ICI as an industrial insecticide, until they realised just how lethal it is to humans. VG was experimented with by scientists at Porton Down, who would eventually synthesize VX based on the original VG insecticide.
@leemichael2154
@leemichael2154 3 жыл бұрын
A massive homer Simpson neeeeeeeerrrrrrrrdddddd! (Just a joke I appreciate you know your stuff)
@fredtaylor9792
@fredtaylor9792 3 жыл бұрын
@@leemichael2154 Beat me to it. Lol
@LannasMissingLink
@LannasMissingLink 2 жыл бұрын
You just wrote an entire thesis on a single mistake in the script! Props, im impressed. But no way am I gonna read it. Still, good job
@jace4817
@jace4817 3 жыл бұрын
This sure is a perfect topic to get into the holiday spirit!
@moronibragarenzen5899
@moronibragarenzen5899 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah totally im thinking to have some nerve gas with my duck and while i was buying it i got curios to who made it
@stevechance150
@stevechance150 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Simon, what were you thinking?!
@catatonicbug7522
@catatonicbug7522 3 жыл бұрын
Videos like this should be part of every Jr High student's history class. Quick, to the point, and packed with information. Well done.
@metal4lifewp
@metal4lifewp 3 жыл бұрын
That isn't a bad idea.
@LaurieAnnCurry
@LaurieAnnCurry 3 жыл бұрын
Macabre though this subject is, thank you fact boi for a Christmas Eve upload. This was a few minutes I gave myself to relax during a busy day.
@delamovies
@delamovies 3 жыл бұрын
Nerve gas is very relaxing indeed
@sammyshock7
@sammyshock7 2 жыл бұрын
“This video is sponsored by Brilliant, if you really want to learn something you have to do it” Me watching a video on nerve agents: Ummm
@angmori172
@angmori172 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone else: merry Christmas! Simon: merry nerve gas!
@RegulareoldNorseBoy
@RegulareoldNorseBoy 3 жыл бұрын
Well. I know I AM having some nerve gas tomorrow morning after all the xmas food I'm gonna eat tonight ^^
@JaberYesu
@JaberYesu 3 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
@jonathanmartin3767
@jonathanmartin3767 3 жыл бұрын
Still today, in the US Army, we are trained and evaluated on chemical warfare and atropine style first aid
@iTeerRex
@iTeerRex 3 жыл бұрын
May we never have “psychopaths” in positions of power, for they’ll do unspeakable things, even to their own.
@shawnnewell4541
@shawnnewell4541 3 жыл бұрын
We had one in Trump. May he never get near the White House again.
@Hispanic2A-1776
@Hispanic2A-1776 3 жыл бұрын
We currently have one in the Whitehouse. He's called Brandon.
@turtle2720
@turtle2720 3 жыл бұрын
I heard of scientific research on the psychology of politicians. Turned out that politicians are slighty more psychopathic than the ordinary citizen...
@Chris-hx3om
@Chris-hx3om 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, well there's the problem. It seems psychopaths are the only ones capable of getting into power.
@thehorriblebright
@thehorriblebright 3 жыл бұрын
I refer to the Vietnam war.
@Fred100159
@Fred100159 3 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Redstone Arsenal, AL in the 70's. They had fields of underground bunkers (where cattle were allowed to graze) and an entire mountain blocked off from any recreational use because a tornado had destroyed the records building and no one was sure which poison gas was stored where. Yay, us!
@katlord586
@katlord586 3 жыл бұрын
Atropine is still common to have all over hospitals, especially in OR or ED settings. We stock them in glass preloaded syringes, usually in a 0.1 mg/mL concentration. If it’s in a specialty OR, we’ll stock 0.4 mg/mL vials in the pyxis but only small quantities. **this is in US hospitals and ORs, in case other countries don’t practice this**
@thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf9643
@thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf9643 2 жыл бұрын
Has atropine got any other uses?
@LannasMissingLink
@LannasMissingLink 2 жыл бұрын
@@thesquad-airsoftgamingnerf9643 I think I remember hearing it in greys anatomy before so must be
@gordonwallin2368
@gordonwallin2368 3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Simon, from the West Coast of Canada.
@unfortdork
@unfortdork 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this holiday post! Disturbing yes, but still appreciated!! Happy Holidays!
@jasonwomack4064
@jasonwomack4064 3 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this while eating deviled eggs. The chemical warfare is about to commence.
@deathisonlythebeginning5098
@deathisonlythebeginning5098 3 жыл бұрын
Deviled eggs and potato salad needs tons of mustard.
@jasonwomack4064
@jasonwomack4064 3 жыл бұрын
@@deathisonlythebeginning5098 well played, sir. Lol
@Johnzilla-LordZilla
@Johnzilla-LordZilla 3 жыл бұрын
Your beard is looking stunning my man!! Happy holidays!
@charlotteowens4644
@charlotteowens4644 3 жыл бұрын
Needs trim.
@Gigawolf1
@Gigawolf1 3 жыл бұрын
It's weird to find out that epi-pens stem from DEADLY NEURO TOXINS
@lemr88
@lemr88 3 жыл бұрын
How? They are pure adrenaline
@Amlaeuxrai
@Amlaeuxrai 3 жыл бұрын
@@lemr88 (re)watch the video
@kareningram6093
@kareningram6093 3 жыл бұрын
@@lemr88 12:37
@kareningram6093
@kareningram6093 3 жыл бұрын
Right? Warfare often results in amazing inventions that are used for far better and more peaceful purposes later. Inspiration is a strange thing.
@lemr88
@lemr88 3 жыл бұрын
@@kareningram6093 thank you!
@deecawford
@deecawford 3 жыл бұрын
I love me some Simon documentaries and truths. After the casual Criminalist binge Ive been on, I didn’t think I could take Simon seriously again but yes I can. My hero
@ryanm9566
@ryanm9566 3 жыл бұрын
Silly as it may be, The Rock is still one of my favorite popcorn action movies.
@rb42redsuns1
@rb42redsuns1 3 жыл бұрын
Better living, and killing, through chemistry! And, BTW, the second "c" in cyclosarin is pronounced with the "k" sound.
@savagesarethebest7251
@savagesarethebest7251 3 жыл бұрын
You mean The voiceless velar plosive
@icerepublic
@icerepublic 3 жыл бұрын
Terrifying topic. Doing this to other human beings is inexcusable. Absolutely inexcusable. Doesn't matter who did what, where or why. Producing this, using this - is one of the worst crimes against humanity. Period. Considering that here in my home country Germany, million citizens have been killed in factory-style mass executions with chemical gas still sends chills down my spine. What can people do to other people?
@katie195
@katie195 3 жыл бұрын
ask my 1st Gulf War veteran all about Sarin nerve agent. He has had a 24/7 migraine since … permanent nerve end damage. VA pays 100% for PTSD. Nothing for nerve gas damage.
@metal4lifewp
@metal4lifewp 3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty fucked up. Bloody va
@kimhohlmayer7018
@kimhohlmayer7018 3 жыл бұрын
Never tire of your enlightening videos.
@skybluskyblueify
@skybluskyblueify 3 жыл бұрын
Small correction: you said at ~6:40 it causes "dilation of the pupils", the nerve agent *constricts* them not dilates them. The antidote causes dilation. You had it right in the intro to this video. "frightening symptoms including dilation 06:40 of the pupils and shortness of breath"
@vustvaleo8068
@vustvaleo8068 3 жыл бұрын
also the preferred weapon in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, just pump the thing into the oxygen supply system of a space colony and the job is done.
@padawanmage71
@padawanmage71 3 жыл бұрын
I know it;s a bit late, but any chance you could do a quick video of the ‘Christmas Miracle’ during WWI, where both sides stopped fighting and actually had one day of peace?
@padawanmage71
@padawanmage71 3 жыл бұрын
Loo never mind, i saw you already did!
@lemr88
@lemr88 3 жыл бұрын
Hitler lived through a mustard gas attack during ww1 and refused to use chemical weapons firing ww2 because of the agony of those attacks
@iTeerRex
@iTeerRex 3 жыл бұрын
What a humanitarian
@lemr88
@lemr88 3 жыл бұрын
@@iTeerRex yeah I'm not saying he was. I just find it interesting he thought that chemical weapons were wrong when he used zyklon b to try to wipe out APN entire population
@iTeerRex
@iTeerRex 3 жыл бұрын
@@lemr88 I didn’t say you did.
@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu
@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu 2 жыл бұрын
Hitler also mistakenly believed that the allies had them also (they didn't) and would out-produce Germany
@realmattpcd
@realmattpcd 3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Simon
@johnthomas2485
@johnthomas2485 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we were trained to inject Atropine and another I can't remember into the thigh, then attach the injectors to the uniform/MOPP suit. We were told to inject no more than 3 of the pairs. Read the label on a can of Raid, it's VX.
@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu
@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu 3 жыл бұрын
it is nothing of the sort, chemically or functionally
@tkskagen
@tkskagen 3 жыл бұрын
MERRY CHRISTMAS Josh! 😻
@idanthyrsus6887
@idanthyrsus6887 3 жыл бұрын
Stylish assassination. That would get you bonus points in hitman for sure.
@Fox7466
@Fox7466 3 жыл бұрын
Made my morning, remembering Swann cells but had forgotten about the synapses in detail. Thanks
@ATerriblepurpose
@ATerriblepurpose 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers. Thank you as always.
@ghost_curse
@ghost_curse 3 жыл бұрын
I've watched so much Brain Blaze at this point I'm no longer used to Fact Boi being serious
@kirbymarchbarcena
@kirbymarchbarcena 3 жыл бұрын
When I said "please pass the mustard", I didn't mean this irritating stuff. -Sausage dealer
@pmgn8444
@pmgn8444 3 жыл бұрын
Designed to kill insects, it's a insecticide. So nerve agents are humancides? And on that jolly thought, Happy(?) Holidays?
@samuelblount2201
@samuelblount2201 3 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@TheIronSavior
@TheIronSavior 3 жыл бұрын
The Rock is still a classic and a juggernaut of American culture!
@richiesalata5873
@richiesalata5873 3 жыл бұрын
Someone really loves the holidays. Nerve has Marshal islands Social experiment gone wrong. Don't kill your family today Simon.
@sarahhurst140
@sarahhurst140 3 жыл бұрын
Hey you go Simon! Always enjoy your content man!! Happy Holidays!!🎄🎄🎇🎆
@TheLoneTerran
@TheLoneTerran 2 жыл бұрын
They used to store a ton of VX just up the road from me in Newport, IN. Pretty much guaranteeing that it is on a Russia nuclear strike list. And since Terre Haute down the highway produced and stores a boatload of ammo, and Indianapolis is a super weak chain in the military since apparently all money for military pay flows through Indy at some point. I'm so fucked lol.
@elraviv
@elraviv 3 жыл бұрын
13:25 This is unfounded. no one died in Israel from atropine poisoning during the 1991 gulf war! True some have injected themselves when they shouldn't have, but they only had some temporary side effects, and they were fine the next day.
@shawnnewell4541
@shawnnewell4541 3 жыл бұрын
This isn't the best birthday gift I've ever got. Thanks Simon.
@matthewellisor5835
@matthewellisor5835 3 жыл бұрын
Hold on, I need to grab my NAAK before watching the rest.
@sallyintucson
@sallyintucson 3 жыл бұрын
Valium is rarely used today to stop seizures as there are now more efficient drugs. I remember Valium being used in the mid-“80’s so I don’t know when things changed.
@Zappygunshot
@Zappygunshot 3 жыл бұрын
Something that bears mentioning was that the military 'volunteers' weren't always made aware of what the tests would entail or what was being administered. Horrific stories of men thinking they were contributing to the development of a medicine against the common cold, being splashed by a few droplets of some unknown substance, and ending up squirming on the floor in uncontrollable convulsions and excruciating pain abound.
@TwattWaffleWhitney
@TwattWaffleWhitney 3 жыл бұрын
I love how hos personality is seeping into this channel from all his other ones
@biocybernaught3512
@biocybernaught3512 3 жыл бұрын
Comercial ends at 1:16
@ViolentOrchid
@ViolentOrchid 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who tears down nightshade from my parents trees every year, don't mess around with nightshades. Also, did nerve agents help use find antidepressants?
@silkuk8417
@silkuk8417 3 жыл бұрын
I eat lot of tomatoes 🍅 tbf 😬
@tremorsfan
@tremorsfan 3 жыл бұрын
that was some powerful emotion in your voice at the end there.
@zanbaktoo420
@zanbaktoo420 3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love all the rock references! Thank you for this great video.
@RobDucharme
@RobDucharme 3 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad Canada didn't respond by inventing ketchup gas. We wouldn't even be sorry..
@alphataco693
@alphataco693 3 жыл бұрын
keep that beard growing!!
@jimurrata6785
@jimurrata6785 3 жыл бұрын
Have you done one on the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India and its lasting effects?
@DerpyDaringDitzyDoo
@DerpyDaringDitzyDoo 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact! After extensive testing the US Army decided the most effective way to counteract Nerve Agent poisoning is with a dose of Atropine, delivered simultaneously with a dose of Pralidoxime, followed by an injection of Diazepam. These are called the ATNAA and CANA shots, and as Simon mentioned they all come in handy autoinjectors you can just stick in your thigh. The Atropine helps to bind to the loose nerve agent so that it can't further effect your body more than it already is. The Pralidoxime acts as a 'super water', which binds to the free side of the AChE before making it detach, so that your nervous system can properly resume the preproduction of new, healthy AChE (Minus the Acetic acid and water, which can lead to dehydration.). And the Diazepam helps fend off any seizures, muscle spasms, panic attacks, and can help keep you awake long enough to get out of the contaminated area. However such a large and sudden dose of Diazepam can lead to short-term memory loss, and so it is necessary to bend the needles of any autoinjections you give yourself and hook them somewhere visible on your clothing, because you may not remember giving yourself the shots later and if someone else gives you further doses it will likely be fatal. (Yes I know these are all super oversimplified to what really takes place, but this is the easiest way I've found to teach it in my classes!)
@barquerojuancarlos7253
@barquerojuancarlos7253 3 жыл бұрын
Correction 17:40 It was just the reverse, as reported UPI (1984). It was the South African forces in the Angolan Civil War that used the chemical agents. The world was outraged at the time condemning their use, except the US, which, along with NATO, had licensed So African gov't to produce them. ...
@Elyseon
@Elyseon 3 жыл бұрын
Typical USA.
@davidnichols3182
@davidnichols3182 3 жыл бұрын
Sooo the antidote for being gassed to death is deadly nightshade and mandrake? This sounds like the drug user explaining that he needed the amphetamine to overpower the opioid overdose
@DadJeff-jo7pm
@DadJeff-jo7pm 3 жыл бұрын
Wow Simon, what a subject for Christmas Eve!
@craigh5236
@craigh5236 3 жыл бұрын
I bet Callum is on a watchlist for his work researching for this video...
@cleverusername9369
@cleverusername9369 3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to you too, Simon... Jesus.
@IIDave
@IIDave 3 жыл бұрын
Simon has been working on his German pronunciation. It’s notably better now than in his earlier videos. 😄
@BigMobe
@BigMobe 3 жыл бұрын
Florida Man and the Jersey Devil both have something in common now.
@globalgatorguruconsulting2894
@globalgatorguruconsulting2894 2 ай бұрын
Wow I really needed that info. Was exposed to Sarin in Gulf War...now experiencing disabling issues. Is there info on long-term low dose exposure? Thank you great and informative video
@minxythemerciless
@minxythemerciless 3 жыл бұрын
The V series was persistent and more like Mustard gas - but deadlier. If you put the V series into an area it was denied to the enemy but to you as well for a very long period. The G series was very short-acting so put into an area they would kill people at once, but after a few hours or a day, the attacker could move through the area safely.
@JacksonEngineering
@JacksonEngineering 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes. Happy Christmas, Simon. You gave us the gift of a gnawing fear in the back of our minds. The best gift of all
@terrilupton3841
@terrilupton3841 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather survived a mustard gas attack in WWI. According to my mother, he had many problems for which there was no treatment, so he drank himself into oblivion instead. He died a few years before I was born. This video is the first I've seen about mustard gas. It's horrifying, yet we do need to be aware and educated.
@GIBBO4182
@GIBBO4182 3 жыл бұрын
8:12 nice cut there…wonder how many times it took to get their name pronunciations right!!!
@Sienisota
@Sienisota 3 жыл бұрын
They disposed them into oceans...👀
@stevejester5658
@stevejester5658 3 жыл бұрын
Here to represent BrainBlaze
@cleverusername9369
@cleverusername9369 3 жыл бұрын
You legend
@AnimeShinigami13
@AnimeShinigami13 3 жыл бұрын
Atropine in Jimsonweed hmm? Gotta remember that if there's ever a chemical attack or spill in my neighborhood. Pretty sure there's a huge clump of dead jimsonweed with it's fruits about two blocks up the street in front of the hardware store. got to double check my field guide. Edit: no it wasn't. Jimsonweed is a member of the Datura family, gorgeous flowers, spiky fruits, about knee high, and it's a potent hallucinogen. XD >.< the funny thing is I've seen this plant near the community garden. We were going to save some of the seeds until we identified it but I think I must have identified the plant and forgotten because I haven't seen it again.
@thedoublek4816
@thedoublek4816 3 жыл бұрын
Regarding the "hallucinogen" part: basically all plants of the datura family are not only very potent, but at the same time incredibly dangerous, since there is only a very thin line separating the hallucinogenic dosage from the toxic / lethal dosage. Given that the content of the active substances varies from plant to plant, they are extremely difficult to handle for recreational purposes. Also, while the term "hallucinogen" is correct, members of the datura family are no classical psychedelics like Mushrooms or LSD, they are full-blown délirants instead (with the effects leading to a delirious "trip" resembling the extreme side effects of a heavy alcohol withdrawal etc). Even experienced users of hallucinogenic substances (I'm definitely not one of them) strongly advise against trying. It's way too risky and can quickly end in a hospital / ER visit in the best case, psychological and physical damage or even death in the worst case. However, there is also Diphenhydramine (known as Benadryl in the US), an over-the-counter sleeping aid and anti-nausea-medicine, which also features delirant effects and hallucinations being indistinguishable from reality (mostly manifesting in the form of fake spiders and bugs) when used in higher, non-therapeutic doses, albeit many people don't recommend it and the experience is apparently perceived as not really positive or comfortable. It's still safer than datura and similar plants. By the way, Datura is known in Germany under the name "Stechapfel", which roughly translates to "spikey apple" or "prickling apple".
@Mr.InbetweenFX
@Mr.InbetweenFX 3 жыл бұрын
Please cover the psychedelic "BZ" gas. I know a lot about it, however i wish more people knew about this neat substance. By far the scariest non lethal nerve gas I've ever studied.
@TokyoChopSquad
@TokyoChopSquad 3 жыл бұрын
On the 24th day of Christmas Simon gave to me... Chemical warfare history
@Warhawk76
@Warhawk76 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent pronunciations of the acetylcholinesterase and related words. Your pronunciations are not always the best on tough words, but this was great.
@jerometrio2603
@jerometrio2603 3 жыл бұрын
I think Simon works 3 days a week - 1 for meetings, 1 for shooting, 1 for reviewing.
@dionh70
@dionh70 3 жыл бұрын
Information like this is one of the primary reasons that I am convinced that humans are eventually doomed. Lots of people with great intentions, trying to counter our inherently destructive nature, but I firmly believe that none of that will make a difference in the end.
@hyperbunnygirl101
@hyperbunnygirl101 3 жыл бұрын
Well we are animals. Territorial, tribalistic and violent. Most people ignore or forget about our innate animal instincts.
@Hykje
@Hykje 3 жыл бұрын
"This chemical is so dangerous and deadly it's absolutely no safe way to contain it and if you even look at it you will die in an absolutely horrible way." "Oh, nice -let's manufacture a couple of tons of it and stockpile it -it can be useful someday -you never know."
@ufoengines
@ufoengines 2 жыл бұрын
Read about the idea of sticky sarin where the Germans would hosed down the D- Day supply dumps with it . Would have taken weeks to decontaminate the stuff slowing up the evasion for who knows how long .
@AemondEye
@AemondEye 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this video just a month after finishing the CNS block in med school 😂
@loerya99
@loerya99 3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas TIFO family
@MildredCady
@MildredCady 3 жыл бұрын
Please do an episode on other dangerous chemicals. Especially FOOF.
@markzuckergecko621
@markzuckergecko621 3 жыл бұрын
A Michael Bay movie wasn't 100% realistic? My whole world is upside down.
@owenshebbeare2999
@owenshebbeare2999 3 жыл бұрын
Funny how people like to point to flaws into such films, yet the very fact that fiction often takes creative and dramatic licence escapes them.
@markzuckergecko621
@markzuckergecko621 3 жыл бұрын
@@owenshebbeare2999 I understand that, but a good action movie usually picks a lane, it's either over the top and as ridiculous as possible for the sake of entertainment, or it takes place in "the real world". Internal logic is important for a truly good movie. Michael Bay notoriously does not adhere to this principle.
@Echo4Sierra4160
@Echo4Sierra4160 3 жыл бұрын
Our atropine injectors have a second side... it injects 2 pam chloride (Pralidoxime) that counters the atropine
@tjwadsworth6967
@tjwadsworth6967 3 жыл бұрын
And so timely I might add. Scary Christmas!
@xXxKAMIKAZExXx
@xXxKAMIKAZExXx 3 жыл бұрын
First the numbers, now Nova 6
@thomaslanghorst5738
@thomaslanghorst5738 3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Tabu might look pretty different to taboo, the pronounciation is very close to being the same though. So it's neither tay nor ben but simply Taboon how you pronounce Tabun.
@robinmaul4681
@robinmaul4681 3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering which German word for taboo he was referring to. Thank you for clarifying :D
@jacquestaulard3088
@jacquestaulard3088 3 жыл бұрын
One more feather in your cap with this.
@teshlafreeman4040
@teshlafreeman4040 3 жыл бұрын
At this point more feather than cap lol
@robbiethemann
@robbiethemann 3 жыл бұрын
This one really cheered me up, thanks Simon!
@blancasonora714
@blancasonora714 3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas team ❤
@thehorriblebright
@thehorriblebright 3 жыл бұрын
Also: mustard gas is what set of modern chemotherapy and what many compounds used are derived from.
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter 3 жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@lonnieclifton8307
@lonnieclifton8307 3 жыл бұрын
my eyes are burning just thinking about this stuff.
@_SimpleJack_
@_SimpleJack_ 3 жыл бұрын
Don't you just love the fact that in the theatre if war chemical weapons are illegal but it's not illegal for your government to use them against you and your fellow citizens. Makes you feel special doesn't it?
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