You Can Buy Fossils At The Hardware Store?
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If you've ever had a pest problem in your home or garden, you may have come across diatomaceous earth as a bug-killing option. This white powdery pest control is made of 100% pure fossils, and we don't just use them for killing bugs! They're used in tons of things, including in nanotechnology!
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That ad felt targeted.... how did you know my field? 🤣 Just kidding. Love your work, this was great! I had no idea they fossilized themselves, that's nifty.
Just important to note, if you're gonna use DE to avoid breathing it in and getting it in your eyes, it is the finest powder you've ever worked with and can be blown into massive clouds with a small gust. You don't want nano scale shards of glass in your lungs or eyes for basically the same reason bugs don't want it on em. Respirator and goggles highly recommended, or at least breath holding and safety squints and don't say I didn't warn ya lol.
One of the big applications of diatomaceous earth that wasn't mentioned in this video is dynamite. A stick of dynamite is really just a bunch of diatomaceous earth, which has absorbed nitroglycerin (a liquid explosive). Having the nitroglycerin absorbed into the diatomaceious earth makes it a lot more stable and less likely to spontaneously detonate. You can toss a stick of dynamite around no problem, but the raw nitroglycerin is super dangerous to be in the area of. Just another place where diatomaceous earth enables new technologies!
It kind of terrifies me that someone less stable, but equally as smart person knows this info.
Also it's depressing AF that the inventor of it wanted to help mining operations, but the military thought that scattering pieces of people was a better use of dinamite.
Thanks for sharing brother. 🙏
Thanks Uncle Fester!
9/10 RUclipsrs prefer ACME brand!
It's a good idea to wear respiratory protection when working with diatomaceous earth, as short-term exposure causes respiratory irritation (which is really noticeable when you already have asthma), and long-term exposure can lead to silicosis.
My neighbor tried using DE on a nest of ants that took up residence under her water tower and I kept trying to explain that she just needed a light dusting but she'd just dump it iut in big handfuls. When it didn't kill the entire colony she grumbled that the ants had "grown resistant to it" to which I told her that you can't really growing resistant to stab wounds.
In spite my repeated attempts to explain to her what DE is she still believes that it's a pesticide... course she also believes adamantly that mayonnaise has no eggs in it and that you don't have to refrigerate it because it "never goes bad".
Sounds like she can't (or won't) read either.
@@kathyjohnson2043 Yes but no. She's just kinda old. Like 66 i think? And very set in her ways.
@@glenngriffon8032 I don't think I want to admit to how close I am to her age, lol. Age is just a number, right?
@@kathyjohnson2043 Well I'm 42 this year and I still act like a kid if you ask my friends. Though boy do i sometimes feel my age...
...your neighbour doesn't sound too, uhm, brilliant.
You can also get bigger fossils at the hardware store, they were selling round stone-topped coffee tables at Home Depot and bought one which had an ammonite slice in it, small but it's there.
Another aspect of diatomaceous earth in killing bugs is unlike chemicals, bugs can't really develop a defense against it, so diatomaceous earth will always work as long as it exists.
Even though “raw”, “food grade”, or “agricultural” mined DE might not be toxic, organic, reactive, or ignitable, if you use it to filter or absorb anything that is any of those things, then the resulting mix will have all the qualities of those pollutants with the added benefits of an indestructible micro skeleton, so please be careful with proper handling and legal disposal.
What? You filter the diatom mixture afterward
Hardware stores will also sell, diamonds, sapphires (corundum), and garnets as various abrasives.
In what forms??
@Alexa’s Abstract I think he means something along angle grinders. Diamond tipped saw blades are another use.
@@strawbunny99 garnet sand is a fairly common sand blasting media. I've also used recycled glass and coal slag, and I love the garnet sand so much more.
We use it in large filtration tanks for public swimming pools. I believe it's also used in some water treatment plants.
When I got hold of it for a chemistry project (in this project it worked to slow down a chemical reaction which reduced peak temperatures from a water-boiling 400F to a warm 140F) we'd buy it from a pool supply store.
@@somedudesstuff801 is it used in home pools too? Oddly enough, I learned pretty much anything there is to know about operating public pools in school but, now that I think about it, I'm pretty clueless about small home pools. I mean, I could balance the pool chemistry and what-not but I have no Idea about their filtration systems.
@@mustwereallydothis I assume so? I wasn't running the project, the guy running it had the idea to use it and knew where to get it.
was about to comment the same
@@mustwereallydothis it's the most expensive kinda of filter of the three that i know, cheapest is sand; most filters got sand
As soon as you said "by the millions", it hit me "Diatoms".
I was thinking of some sort of calcium source before that.
Same
Yeah right buddy
They also sell Fossil Fuel.
Fossils of plankton yes, not of dinosaurs
Womp womp
Finally! Fuel for my fossils!
@Arvy Jakeliunas I don't think this video was about dinosaur fossils to begin with
@@davidlange1000 yeah, but same can be said for nates comment. I'm just sick of the false info about "fossil" fuels
When I rescued a litter of kittens, they came with fleas. To keep control of the flea problem until I could take the babies out of my room to fumigate, I rubbed diatomaceous earth into the carpet, vacuumed it up, and ground in some more. It worked a charm, but the fumigation was still needed.
DE is also used as a filter agent for when you need to get extremely clean water.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn not at all. DE is basically tiny shards of glass and glass doesn’t absorb water. When I worked in the oil field some of the wells we would use finishing fluids and would have to have extremely clear water. We used DE as the filter. Water passes straight through but any particulates get left behind. When you pass the water through many screens of DE the turbidity will become extremely clear.
Okay, when Hank said *"fossil algae"* and not *"fossilized algae"* I pictured algae that only grows on submerged fossils
This video unlocked old memories of middle school science class, looking for diatoms and other microscopic organisms in samples from local water sources.
how can you look at diatoms, they are like twice the size of one atom, literally di-atom
dang we wish we got to do that
They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters
Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters
Walkie-talkies, copper wires safety goggles, radial tires
BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers
Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters
Paint removers, window louvres, masking tape and plastic gutters
Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables
Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles
Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication
Metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation
Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors
Tire guages, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors
Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers
Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers
Soffit panels, circuit brakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers
Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers
I love your list and the fact that it rhymes makes it even better. 😂👍
@@william21186 Thanks, but I stole it from a Weird Al song aptly titled Hardware Store.😆
the irony for me is I actually bought a megalodon tooth at a hardware store when I was last in kansas.
... *you what?*
@@mistformsquirrel Meg teeth show up in the weirdest places cause they're cheap and common.
@@paleozoic Huh. Today I learn
Kansas has been under water in past longer than it's been above water 👍
Diatomacious Earth saved me from two bed bug infestations. Completely recommend!
Didn’t know they could be used for that purpose. Please, explain!
also, try not to get lung cancer
@@MeiBabee Like Hank showed in the video you put down a thin layer in places where you think the bugs are getting in. I put a border around my entire apartment and some under the edge of my bed. I suggest wearing a mask when putting it down so you don't breathe any in.
@@FuriosaTerraToma and that helped you get rid of them? I've always heard you gotta throw everything away once you got them
@@tomlxyz I had a small infestation and that worked great. Like 15 years ago I moved into a building with a heavy infestation and I put DE everywhere. We also took tomoato cans and lined the inside with Vaseline and put our bed legs inside so any coming or going would get stuck. We didn't have a couch but all our other furniture was able to be saved. We washed all our clothes in hot water and a full cycle in the dryer. I made sure to reapply DE. It was a freakin nightmare but we got rid of them and didn't have to throw anything out.
I never thought I'd be able to correct anything in any of your videos, but I was able to catch one today. 5,44 "great for smoothing and polishing . . . even ceramics like marble and glass. Marble and glass are not ceramics. It should have said, "even ceramics, marble and glass." Hope you don't mind the grammar correction. My chemistry prof son introduced me to your show and I've been enjoying it for 3 years. Thanks to your team for producing interesting and enlightening content,
As I probably watch too many crime dramas, I've known for some time that forensic scientists often look for diatoms in the fluid of a victim's lungs to determine where and whether someone was drowned! Also knew DE has long been used in swimming pool filter-systems, but I didn't realise how and why it was utilised in some of the other products!
I first heard of them in a video explaining how dust bowls in Chad fertilize the Amazon, and the "dust" in those Chadly depressions were, you guessed it, diatoms, crossing the Atlantic due to the strong winds in the area.
I don't know anything about buying fossils in hardware stores, but I've met many working in them.
3:48 I didn't expect to be so captivated by some green water but man it really looks so cool. It looks alien like a big puddle of alien goo or something, and all because of a mind boggling amount of single celled organisms doin' their thing in their own little world. I wonder where else in the universe you could get a sight like this. Maybe some copper laden lake on an exoplanet, but green water is still probably fairly rare.
If you leave any stagnant water out long enough it will turn green like that
@@coltrv that is because of the algae inside though! thats something that ony happens on earth as far as we know, and its really cool how unique life on our planet is (as far as we know) :)
@@rosey5743 I see, I think I missed OP’s point
Diatoms are also excellent for making art, if you're an absolutely patient maniac
Like growing glass diatom structures?
I own a Pool Business and we use Diatomaceous Earth to filter the pool water.
Diatomaceous earth has been stuck in my head as the other ingredient besides nitroglycerin in Nobel's original dynamite ever since I learned it, what a rabbit hole
Normally you just see fossils SHOPPING at the hardware store... Like my Dad.
Apparently DE is really good for killing bed bugs. See Mark Rober for more info
You do such a good job as the host of this show. I love it!
Another incredibly informative and excellent presentation. Your channel is incredible. ❤ u all!
As a chemist I can tell you diatoms make for a great filter material.
Since they absorb liquid, I guess they make good filters for working in bulk (or at least not super small samples)?
Frequently used in swimming pool filters
@@grahamrankin4725 wife's maiden name big fam in Utah
@@extragoogleaccount6061 When something is clogging up a normal glass frit or filter paper, using a pile of diatomaceous earth (celite) on top of the normal filter spreads out the filtration area into a volume decreasing clogging. But yeah, volume of sample does matter.
I got a bunch of that stuff at work. For the smoothing and polishing metal thing.
Diatoms are also good as evidence in solving crimes that happed around where they live...
Two things kill bed bugs, heat and diatomaceous earth. It's a war, a god awful war. The itching, the itching 😢 I still feel them when I sleep and it's been over 2 years since I had them. You better pray to God you never have these evil sneaky bugs
Cold can do it too… if it gets cold enough for long enough. But yes, heat is easier.
I’m severely allergic to those fkn vampires. I hate them more than anything. And their smell… AAAAHHH😭😭😭
0:50 - Not to mention making the original Dynamite, by adsorbing and stabilizing nitroglycerine
I have used diatomaceous earth for years but never knew how to pronounce it until I saw this video. Thank you.
I've been trying new litter for my cats. Silica gel litters have been the most expensive, but they like it the best. It sounds like it's the "pure" version of standard cat litter. Cool!
ive shared this video so many time for folks that have bug problems in their house, thanks for being a good explainer. I love PBS
Ironically, I buy food safe diatomaceous earth for my garden. I believe it's also used as an anti-caking agent.
But everyone loves cake right?
Also used as filtering in swimming pools and filtering of juices
We sell tons of this stuff at O'Reilly Auto Parts. Used as a liquid absorbent.
I actually thought diatomaceous earth was just ground up limestone or some other rock. The only 2 things I know about diatomaceous earth is is kills insects like slugs and snails in gardens. And that it is REALLY bad to breathe. Many years ago I worked at a swimming pool supply store and we repaired pool pumps and filters. Some filters are filled with DE (diatomaceous earth) and company policy treated that stuff like it was the most hazardous stuff in the store. I am literally surrounded by chlorine, bromine, and muriatic acid at this place but if we had to work on a DE filter only the manager could handle it. So I just assumed it was like asbestos or something really bad. The funny thing about working in that place. Is I did not sneeze for 3 or 4 years after working there.
It was a small store about 3000 square feet packed with tubs of chlorine. Chlorine tablets off gas and the tubs do vent. So I am guessing that is what did the damage. I thankfully only worked there for about 6 months through a summer season (its the south summers are long). I can only imagine what multiple years would do. Anyways the first time I sneezed after this it was orgasmic. I mean I lost control of my body and went into a fit sneezing like 10 times. There was snot and spit everywhere. It was disgusting but it felt so good. Still to this day I only sneeze if I am really sick. But it still feels amazing when it happens but its not 3-4 years of backed up amazing. lol.
Excellent video! Thank you!
As someone who had to deal with bedbugs, diatomaceous earth is a LIFESAVER!
Diatoms are such awesome little guys, as well as proof positive that you don't have to be edible to be extremely useful!
of anything i expected when i clicked on this video, I didn't expect to be reassured I answered two questions, on my recent archaeology exam, correctly.
Please be careful when handling DE. It can really mess up your lungs.
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Hi Hank!
This video inspired me to eat a bunch of silica pouches. Thanks for the good advice! :)
Wear a dust mask to avoid silicosis.
This is *not* the voice hank should be using to accompany microscope footage.
Diatomatious earth is also used in aquarium filtration to "polish" the water.
I LOVE diatomaceous earth!
Using DE on bugs is equivalent to the great Dale Gibbles “POCKET SAND”
I'm really impressed with that shirt.
Thanks little diatoms
Oh, I swear by diatomaceous earth! That and peppermint oil (which builds up fast and also loses effectiveness fast) are the only things I can find that don't bother my pets but also repel those tiny little ants who smell like cyanoacrylate. (blech!)
You can smell ants too! My mom swears I'm making it up but I can totally smell them.
@@eklectiktoni yup. Not all ants smell strongly enough for me to pick them out, but these little blackish ones that get into my kitchen and garden sure smell foul.
You can use DE as grog in pottery.
I haul this sometimes from Nevada 45,000lbs at time to Iowa.
No joke, this stuff is AMAZING for flea Armageddons.
I have a bag of D-Earth in my backyard!
Well one more item to add to Weird Al’s Hardware Store.
I first heard of DE through Mark Rober's bed bug video.
I use 50 lbs of DE 5 days a month. It's used for pool filtration.
Aren't they also in toothpaste?
I also recall something about people eating the stuff... not entirely sure why
No, they're microscopic pieces of glass.
@@Gertyutz Which are also in toothpaste
IM EATING THE TEENY TASTY DRYNESS ORBS AND YOU CANT STOP ME
Or grass. maybe grass.
Oof ouch your intestines
Very interesting! I'm surprised I didn't know this yet.
First time I ever heard of the word diatomaceous earth was while I was watching Gunther and The Paper Brigade
Love this, but how does this not cut the plants u add it too? or would u only put it on the ground?
Don't forget about Chalk.
I can't believe toothpaste wasn't mentioned... every day all modern humans brush their teeth with diatomaceous earth with some minty flavoring added!
Along with a few other nasties
They are also the only true way to kill off bedbugs without paying thousands
Dont breathe in diatomaceous earth dust. And make sure that if you are using it for pest or garden control, its food grade. Theres more than one kind and you dont want pool filtration kind for that. Its cargenogenic.
But dont breathe in the dust. It will hurt your lungs.
Diatomaceous earth. Pool supply companies sell that too. Guessing before watching video.
Haha I was right, can be used for filtering pools
amazing uses and they're ridiculously pretty too.
Great video👍 So, there's basically a lot of industries that wouldn't exist without them? And we can't recreate, like honey? Yes, we are so clever😁
I am literally using them in my barn while listening to this
They were also used as filler in dynamite
i see you know the arcane knowledge
Not just filler - it stabilizes the nitroglycerin, making it MUCH safer to handle
Groovy, baby... Out of sight...
What comes next?
At 7:35 we can appreciate different types of UFOS or UAP shapes as described for Millenia.
First you tell me I can't eat grass, now you tell me I can't eat glass either?! 😫
Thank you
...They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters
Trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters...
.... Walkie-talkies, copper wires safety goggles, radial tires
BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers...
I wonder if there are any nanotech applications where you need to find a diatom with a particular shape.
Diatoms are my heroes!
5:45 pretty sure marble is not a ceramic though
In the environmental cleanup industry we use them for hydrocarbon cleanups.
Now that's a title
It's amazing how much modern technological advancement requires millions of years worth of dead prehistoric life. Like it's not enough to have intelligence to get to things like computers and space flight, you need a bunch of other stuff to have died before you in just the right ways.
This is known for bed bugs pesticide.
Bugger.
I had to go all the way from Australia to the Natural History Museum in London in order to buy Oscar, my ammonite.
Is inhaling diatom dust Dangerous ?little glass particles ,seems to me like it would be.
Opal is basically silica gel
5:00 what.
Thanks 👍
Aight time to go to home depot
No mention of diatoms most popular uses? As an abrasive in toothpaste. If you ever wondered what that abrasive was, now you know.
Not so. They're microscopic pieces of glass.
Try dropping the silica gel nuggets in a glass of water - but put something over the top of the glass as you do 😉
Not at the hardware store; but at the petrol station, yes...
Toothpaste too