Then it went to him recollecting the heavy water that has passed through him. Which is very Cody, but also, well, gives off strong Howard Hughes vibes.

Cody is a heck of a smart person, but then does some pretty questionable stuff. His mercury vids are a good example. Like, I believe him when he says that if you don't have open wounds, you can slosh mercury about in your mouth safely. But for the life of me, I just can't think it's actually safe.

Or the time he was sweeping the center median of a freeway at night trying to collect platinum dust from catalytic converter exhaust. Yeah, it was under the lights, but daytime would obviously have been better.

Or his noble gas vids. Inhaling them seems safe per his description, but the vibe is just so, well, not safe.

A lot of his vids are like that. It feels very early-1800s-chemist, back when they had to taste all the reactions cuz they didn't have pH paper. Like, it all has to be sensorial for him/the views.

Great guy though.

It seems that Cody’s video inspired the research.

It's a really nice nerd content channel with science of lots of different areas!