Ricin: The Perfect Poison

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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2021
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    Source/Further reading:
    This Podcast Will Kill You, episode on Ricin: thispodcastwillkillyou.com/20...
    History of Ricin, and the castor plant: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
    CDC Overview: emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin...
    Britannica overview: www.britannica.com/science/ri...
    PopSci overview: www.popsci.com/science/articl...
    Global Security, ricin as a bioweapon: www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/in...
    Mortality rates of ricin types (pdf): dhhr.wv.gov/oeps/disease/AtoZ...
    Border Cave ricin: www.archaeology.org/issues/61...
    Markov assassination: edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...
    2003 Ricin letters: archives.fbi.gov/archives/new...
    2004 Ricin powder on Capitol Hill: edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/03...
    GQ, the crazy inside story on the 2013 Ricin Letters: www.gq.com/story/paul-kevin-c...
    May 2013 ricin letters: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...

Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @Biographics
    @Biographics  3 года назад +1118

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    • @pickledpigknuckles6945
      @pickledpigknuckles6945 3 года назад +8

      This is why their targeting our V-mat2 genes with the latest round of Vaccines. With the Fun-Vax a Vaccine to end all wars by neutralization of our passionate and Fervent Thought which could inspire foreign and domestic terror plots schemes and attacks the Vaccine to cure Religious Fundamentalism first used in Iraq and Afghanistan and Indonesia.

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 3 года назад +6

      Can you do more of these (or even a new channel on it?), such as Anthrax, History of Arsenic the "ladies poison" and others as its fascinating to learn about. I mean lets fact it Simon you are on so many watch lists just from Business Blaze so it's ok :)

    • @justicegraceful2171
      @justicegraceful2171 3 года назад +9

      When you say porcupine enema do you mean giving an enema to a porcupine? Or using a porcupine, As An Enema?!?!

    • @anarchyantz1564
      @anarchyantz1564 3 года назад +5

      @@justicegraceful2171 PAIGE NO! :)

    • @tigercap100
      @tigercap100 3 года назад +3

      Yeah yeah...i saw Breaking Bad

  • @z3r0slugfm
    @z3r0slugfm 3 года назад +54427

    It’s an honor to be placed on a watch list with you all.

    • @bott3849
      @bott3849 3 года назад +1606

      Next video he will explain the varies uses of dynamite..

    • @bluebasementmusic
      @bluebasementmusic 3 года назад +442

      Amen brother.

    • @zamecksaryja
      @zamecksaryja 3 года назад +533

      Not enough details man, were safe. Just hope the dynamite video holds fruit 🤣🤣

    • @JackScooter17
      @JackScooter17 3 года назад +106

      *honour

    • @TheAK0390
      @TheAK0390 3 года назад +325

      See you guys at the arraignment 🤝

  • @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012
    @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 2 года назад +13465

    "that would be the ricin i gave you, i slipped it into that Stevia crap you're always putting in your tea, goodbye Lydia"

    • @Vulfheim
      @Vulfheim 2 года назад +604

      Jesse we gotta cook!

    • @jezpin3638
      @jezpin3638 2 года назад +277

      I understood that reference

    • @jacksonlawrence8476
      @jacksonlawrence8476 2 года назад +104

      Breaking bad season 5

    • @Jon-ko3vv
      @Jon-ko3vv 2 года назад +84

      This video popped up after watching that scene just a few min ago

    • @theplaguedoctor142
      @theplaguedoctor142 2 года назад +42

      @@NONAME-pz3gq 🎶Kept you waiting there too long my love🎶

  • @Aebischer1984
    @Aebischer1984 Год назад +516

    “ Good-Bye Lydia” 😎

    • @davidwashington4282
      @davidwashington4282 3 месяца назад +9

      Lydia's symptoms were like a flu, not exactly what we learn here

  • @69AssSlapper
    @69AssSlapper Год назад +244

    Him: "I'd really advise you against Googling"
    Me: welp he said the magic words 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @Noah67382
      @Noah67382 Год назад

      It was a mistake

    • @NullSeries
      @NullSeries 4 месяца назад +1

      Bingers rise up.

    • @littleblackcatcreations
      @littleblackcatcreations 3 месяца назад

      why did I do it its 11pm im going bed soon... defo using it as an art ref tho

    • @spazzpeddlerclosing
      @spazzpeddlerclosing 3 месяца назад

      I MEAN WE COME TO A WHORE TO CUM ..OR AT LEAST GIVE US WHAT WE WANT. im not calling simon a whore though he is as we all are so i guess i am. ..anyway he knows how to give us what we want right..and he keeps us coming back with what HE has. WE'RE THE TRICKS THO SO...... just kidd....OH NEVERMIND

    • @opticalsalt2306
      @opticalsalt2306 3 месяца назад

      @@NullSeriesI needed that sentence in my life, and I didn’t even know it

  • @m.hughmungus121
    @m.hughmungus121 3 года назад +7070

    "Ricin: The Perfect Poison"
    *You're god-damn right.*

  • @BarryBruh
    @BarryBruh 2 года назад +5300

    Jesse we need to open up a bean farm

  • @kaarel545
    @kaarel545 11 месяцев назад +65

    "3 milligrams, a mere tenth of a teaspoon"
    That is one tiny teaspoon 😂

    • @sirtango1
      @sirtango1 4 дня назад

      Yeah unless that stuff is lighter than helium! 3mg is 3 1/1000th of a gram. And there is roughly 28.35 grams in an ounce!

  • @YouveBeenMegged
    @YouveBeenMegged 8 месяцев назад +87

    All things aside, are we just going to ignore the fact that he called death “the ultimate side effect”? 😂

    • @JJ-vs2gi
      @JJ-vs2gi 25 дней назад +3

      One of the side effects of my anti depressant meds is suicide or death.

  • @spacekettle2478
    @spacekettle2478 2 года назад +7466

    "Why did you think it's ricin? That's kind of specific"
    "I dunno man, maybe I like, saw a Simon Whistler video on it or something"
    - Jesse Pinkman in 2021

    • @nuckinfuts7610
      @nuckinfuts7610 2 года назад +133

      You forgot "b*tch" at the end there.

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 2 года назад +17

      Lydia, oh Lydia . . . Great scene.

    • @nuckinfuts7610
      @nuckinfuts7610 2 года назад +6

      @@martinphilip8998 LOL that ringtone was iconic.

    • @martinphilip8998
      @martinphilip8998 2 года назад +19

      @@nuckinfuts7610 The last episode was extremely satisfying. Walt went out with style. I should watch Saul. I’m 67 and haven’t smoked meth in 5 months. I’ll get there.

    • @s3ct0rxf0ur9
      @s3ct0rxf0ur9 2 года назад +6

      @@martinphilip8998 you want to watch the show after being sober from an addiction? surely that can’t be a good idea. obviously you know yourself more than me just kinda pointing out the risk there lol

  • @jakebroome6120
    @jakebroome6120 2 года назад +15052

    Clicked this video hoping for Breaking Bad jokes. You guys did not disappoint.

    • @rahulverma8774
      @rahulverma8774 2 года назад +484

      He even looks little bit like walter

    • @elbob099
      @elbob099 2 года назад +87

      I don't trust little sachets of sweetener

    • @jonathanhaywood5623
      @jonathanhaywood5623 2 года назад +121

      I too came here hoping for Breaking Bad commentary but so far im severely dissappinted

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta 2 года назад +52

      18:22 finally

    • @Th3MemeMaster
      @Th3MemeMaster 2 года назад +1

      @@rahulverma8774 ikr

  • @jeremywang5754
    @jeremywang5754 10 месяцев назад +37

    "About as fun as a porcupine enema" fantastic line, I shall be adding this to my daily vocabulary

  • @user-hc9lp3hb1r
    @user-hc9lp3hb1r 3 месяца назад +22

    Since Ricin is a protein it should be possible to make an antibody which binds to it and renders it non-toxic. Snake venoms are also proteins and their antidotes are also antibodies.

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 20 дней назад

      Yet .. nope.

    • @user-hc9lp3hb1r
      @user-hc9lp3hb1r 19 дней назад

      @@THE-X-Force You don't know sh*t based on your response. No one has done it yet because Ricin use is so rare.

    • @user-hc9lp3hb1r
      @user-hc9lp3hb1r 18 дней назад

      @@THE-X-Force You...dope. A Ricin antidote would exist if Ricin poisoning was more common like snakebites.

    • @totallynotkevin4466
      @totallynotkevin4466 2 дня назад

      Well yes. Researchers have also developed immunotoxins, which combine the targeting ability of an antibody with the toxicity of ricin. These immunotoxins can be designed to target specific cancer cells, delivering the toxic ricin A chain directly to the pathological cells.

  • @jamiemartin6603
    @jamiemartin6603 2 года назад +4499

    It’s so cool that Walter White himself is making a video about ricin

  • @PatrickStypinsky
    @PatrickStypinsky 2 года назад +3945

    I’ve survied poisoning by castor beans my parents brought home from a vacation, my liver started to fail, vomit, white poop, fever.. doctors was sure I was going to die when they found the cause, whole family gathered to say goodbye - somehow I came through 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @oliveryt7168
      @oliveryt7168 2 года назад +195

      The white 💩 was a positive sign from heaven, lol.

    • @altareggo
      @altareggo 2 года назад +448

      GRATS!! Not everyone can cheat death like that. If you are a cat, however, you still have 8 more lives.

    • @blockededited8280
      @blockededited8280 2 года назад +31

      Damn

    • @damo9413
      @damo9413 2 года назад +147

      my family moved a lot when I was a kid. Somehow I always found them.

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 2 года назад +42

      @@oliveryt7168 it's usually white blood cells that have died fighting a virus, foreign body etc.

  • @comradegarrett1202
    @comradegarrett1202 Год назад +24

    Jequirity aka rosary peas are a similar story - they contain abrin, a poison with similar chemical properties and just as deadly if not moreso. What's more is that accidental poisoning is common - like castor beans, dried rosary peas are often drilled and used as beads (hence the name) and they are so poisonous that inhaling the dust from this process can cause serious illness or death because it is really absorbed by the lungs

    • @deadandburied7626
      @deadandburied7626 8 дней назад

      Wikipedia says abrin is much deadlier than ricin.

  • @miguelgo4039
    @miguelgo4039 Месяц назад +6

    Looks like I'll need a coffee grinder.

  • @gorilladisco9108
    @gorilladisco9108 2 года назад +4923

    ".. buying four ton of castor beans is absolutely going to land you on an FBI watch list .."
    Castor oil factory owner : *sweat profusely

    • @geesegoose6174
      @geesegoose6174 2 года назад +162

      Now I really wanna know the red tape they go through, if any, to mass produce castor plants like that

    • @Outside85
      @Outside85 2 года назад +158

      There is a man in black standing in every office that the employees have to pretend they cant see.

    • @johnsalchichon777
      @johnsalchichon777 2 года назад +15

      Or just,Buy some and Grow it

    • @dajointcf4803
      @dajointcf4803 2 года назад +13

      as if just by watching this you are not going to get flagged..

    • @marcusfranconium3392
      @marcusfranconium3392 2 года назад +6

      actualy you can buy these plants for decorating your house or as medical purposes . as ricine like the Taxus plant provide main ingredients for chemo .

  • @Gollentar
    @Gollentar 2 года назад +5269

    I had a couple of geniuses in my class while I was in college. They were weighing castor beans in a biology class for an experiment on variation. The two of them decided to have a competition to see who could eat the most beans whole. The beans were also close to 20 years old, and had been stored alongside mercury. The two of them went up to the teacher at the end of the lesson to complain that they were feeling sick; after they admitted what they'd done, she had them rushed to hospital.

    • @alrycam1726
      @alrycam1726 2 года назад +187

      And then what did they die?

    • @Gollentar
      @Gollentar 2 года назад +1394

      @@alrycam1726 No, the teacher rushed them to hospital, which was thankfully less than a mile down the road from the college, to get their stomachs pumped.
      They didn't enjoy that much.

    • @roni5326
      @roni5326 2 года назад +71

      Bruh when was this

    • @Gollentar
      @Gollentar 2 года назад +402

      @@roni5326 Back in... what, Y12 or 13? So american grade 11 and 12. Maybe 6-7 years ago.

    • @watermelontheif3272
      @watermelontheif3272 2 года назад +186

      Not so genius huh

  • @tinkerlynch5276
    @tinkerlynch5276 3 месяца назад +4

    I've known about castor plants for rodent control since I was very young. My maternal Grandparents would plant them every so many feet in the rows of root/tuber vegetables to kill voles and moles because they would eat the roots of the castor plant on their way to the turnips, carrots, rutabagas, etc. The plants were kept pruned to encourage more root growth, and cut down on seed pods.

  • @brushstroke3733
    @brushstroke3733 Год назад +54

    I see these plants growing wild all around the roadside, especially near freeway overpasses. Someone once told me they were poisonous, but I never knew the name of the plant. Thank you for finally revealing what plant they are! Now I know my go-to if I'm ever feeling like I'm tired of living. So glad to know I can make my own "medicine."

    • @TechnoRaabe
      @TechnoRaabe 8 месяцев назад +7

      There are a some free apps that can identify plants by just taking a photo of them.

    • @jetbllackwings
      @jetbllackwings 5 месяцев назад +1

      share some with me too

    • @brushstroke3733
      @brushstroke3733 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@jetbllackwings 🤗

    • @loudy12
      @loudy12 4 месяца назад +1

      Wondering if they're the annoying spiky things that stick to your socks and jeans

    • @antibull4869
      @antibull4869 4 месяца назад +2

      Permanent solution to temporary problems seems like a fantastic way to deal with issues (sarcasm).

  • @4Roman204
    @4Roman204 2 года назад +3401

    "No, we won't get into more details than that"
    Me, a biologist: You've already said enough

    • @GodsMistake
      @GodsMistake 2 года назад +32

      Tell us how to make it.

    • @dannyrocky8530
      @dannyrocky8530 2 года назад +261

      @@GodsMistake it’s seriously very easy to get the ricin out of it… you just need to invest round about 100$ for the chemistry glassware, so you can begin. I also thought about extracting it at the school with my teacher and we had a whole plan how to do this.
      Edit: because some people are really stupid: no I didn’t planned to synthesize a biochemical poisonous Weapon like ricin… we build a plan with a teacher, with which we could theoretically do this. It was a scientific work about poisonous plants. It was rather a plan for didactic learning, because it’s part of normal chemistry education, how to separate molecules from each other in plants

    • @dannyrocky8530
      @dannyrocky8530 2 года назад +122

      @Joe Sure, Not it’s like: hey you have a Plan of how building a gun at home. Cool. This doesn’t means that you want to build a gun… theoretical Knowledge isn’t illegal

    • @SpecialEDy
      @SpecialEDy 2 года назад +53

      @@dannyrocky8530 Building a gun at home is perfectly legal though, I just finished one two days ago...

    • @andrewhackney6286
      @andrewhackney6286 2 года назад +62

      @@SpecialEDy As an American who enjoys build firearms and loading my own ammo at home, our laws do not encompass the entire work. There are plenty of places where you are not allowed to manufacture weapons at home.

  • @DocSunshine
    @DocSunshine 3 года назад +1248

    “This won’t be exhibit A in some federal case”
    “If you wanted to blanket a 100 km area...”

    • @TheKing60210
      @TheKing60210 3 года назад +25

      Before watching this video. What would happen if someone were to chew on Ricin. They look like Snails

    • @wildatlanticwitch5942
      @wildatlanticwitch5942 3 года назад +11

      @carddamom tiocfaidh ár lá!

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 3 года назад +10

      Good to see metrics, not cave-man units.

    • @awzthemusicalreviews
      @awzthemusicalreviews 3 года назад +3

      @@TheKing60210 I imagine it'd be quicker, but I'm now morbidly interested myself

    • @rdn6933
      @rdn6933 3 года назад +2

      @@TheKing60210 apparently only a 6% mortality rate from people chewing on Castor Beans

  • @nonadini490
    @nonadini490 8 месяцев назад +2

    Used to play with this seeds when i was kid, keeping them as collection. Never knew it was poisonus. None even aware of that i guess, none ever told me to throw it away. People in the village use the leaf to prevent cold, steam the leaf and use it like a patch and put it on chest or tummy.

  • @radscorpion8
    @radscorpion8 Год назад +7

    Thank you biographics for this very useful knowledge :)

    • @DRAGONFLAIR2008
      @DRAGONFLAIR2008 Год назад +1

      You need suppliy? (Chill fbi this is a joke)

  • @IrishMike22
    @IrishMike22 3 года назад +2169

    "No, I won't show you how to make ricin...."
    Well there goes today's upvote.

    • @bronzeblade776
      @bronzeblade776 3 года назад +95

      FBI: Interesting maneuver

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 3 года назад +8

      🤣

    • @Frank074
      @Frank074 3 года назад +46

      Smash that dislike button!

    • @wastedtalent1625
      @wastedtalent1625 3 года назад +105

      That's alright, I know of a deadly poison that is shockingly easy to get ahold of. It works on the brain, slowly eating away at the soft tissues until the victim becomes mentally retarded and eventually dies from a lethal overdose of hurt feelings. That's right, TikToc is that easy to get and is that dangerous, you've been warned

    • @IrishMike22
      @IrishMike22 3 года назад +12

      @@wastedtalent1625 🤣👍

  • @keepcalmyouexist358
    @keepcalmyouexist358 3 года назад +3557

    What an enterpreneur Simon is. One chanel is about killers, another gives you all the advice you need to become one.

    • @Jay-qh6uv
      @Jay-qh6uv 3 года назад +97

      Pretty sure these aren’t his channels. He’s a talking head for hire basically. Other people write the content and he’s hired to present it.
      Iirc he was part of a political channel a lot of people hated and this fact was revealed. He didn’t write the content, he was just hired to speak it.

    • @bighulkingwar_machine1123
      @bighulkingwar_machine1123 2 года назад +11

      @@Jay-qh6uv SW doesn't write this content? and what is lirc?

    • @James-mb3je
      @James-mb3je 2 года назад +21

      @@bighulkingwar_machine1123 if I remember correctly

    • @noormaneka7016
      @noormaneka7016 2 года назад +5

      @@James-mb3je I was wondering about that as well. Thanks man.

    • @juch3
      @juch3 2 года назад +46

      the weird thing is that all these channels are presented as if they're Simon's own channel rather than owned by what is likely a company. E.g. if you go to the channels tab you'll see it says "Simon's other channels"

  • @giliy_18
    @giliy_18 Год назад +7

    Lydia disliked this video

  • @oliverholm3973
    @oliverholm3973 4 месяца назад +3

    Awesome tutorial man, really appreciate it 👍

  • @wrecked3m
    @wrecked3m 2 года назад +4198

    I once worked at a garden center where we had a couple huge castor bean plants in the raised beds out in front of the shop. One morning we came in and both 5’ tall castor bean plants had been dug up and taken. Needless to say, we reported that one to the police. They seemed to think it was unlikely someone took it to make poison, but idk.

    • @OnceShy_TwiceBitten
      @OnceShy_TwiceBitten 2 года назад +345

      You would be surprised how often people steal plants. They are probably right. 100% suspect the person had no idea what you had.

    • @wrecked3m
      @wrecked3m 2 года назад +189

      @@OnceShy_TwiceBitten I used to work for my local county conservation board and holy cow. I’ve seen some serious money worth of dwarf conifers disappear overnight.

    • @realyty4real
      @realyty4real 2 года назад +25

      Could be either option, could even be some1 who took it for what it is, some high effectiveness poison can go for some money on the streets

    • @philip8498
      @philip8498 2 года назад +44

      @@OnceShy_TwiceBitten yeah but that should still be somewhere on the top of the list to investigate. if someone stole a bunch of explosives, even if its just because the cases looked pretty, you should do anything you can to take that stuff back. why not do the same with a plant that produces deadly poisons on a regular basis?

    • @mi-kwan_tait8031
      @mi-kwan_tait8031 2 года назад +15

      @@philip8498 yeah but, how do you control a plant? Let alone one that is sold in Walmarts and what not. It's just not feasible when you really give it some thought, whatre they gonna do? Go door to door until they find the plants?

  • @davidheagney7262
    @davidheagney7262 2 года назад +1615

    Jesse Pinkman thought Walt was going to poison Gus with Rice ‘n’ beans. Yo.

  • @tabassumkhanmum
    @tabassumkhanmum 10 дней назад

    Thank you for coming on my for you 🙏🏻

  • @X1M43
    @X1M43 3 года назад +607

    Me, seeing this video: adds to "watch later" list
    FBI, seeing me do that: adds to "watch later" list

    • @bsphillips1
      @bsphillips1 3 года назад +31

      Excuse me. I believe you meant to say "FBI, seeing me do that: adds to ""watch NOW"" list...with the rest of us here. Welcome aboard, comrad.

    • @riga5372
      @riga5372 3 года назад +5

      That's great

  • @xessenceofinsanityx
    @xessenceofinsanityx 3 года назад +736

    My mum really freaked me out when she told me she uses ricin on her hair.
    Turns out, castor oil is called ricin in French.

    • @sjeason
      @sjeason 3 года назад +69

      Well....they do come from the same plant sooooooooooo

    • @mentalpopcorn2304
      @mentalpopcorn2304 3 года назад +16

      That's just... Incorrect. It's like calling the leaf on an apple tree an apple. Sure, caster oil comes from the ricin bean, but it's just not ricin.

    • @sjeason
      @sjeason 3 года назад +67

      @@mentalpopcorn2304 you point out that both come from the ricin bean so they do come from the same part of the plant. So it’s not like calling the leaf of an apple tree the same as the apple, it would be like calling the apple and the apple seeds inside the same thing. Sure they’re different but they are both from the same collective thing.

    • @nomeyodomar
      @nomeyodomar 3 года назад +17

      Also in Portuguese "rícino"

    • @nomeyodomar
      @nomeyodomar 3 года назад +2

      @@sjeason Exactly!!!

  • @phils4634
    @phils4634 5 месяцев назад

    Such quality infotainment, and yes, you don't need to be too capable to extract ricin from Castor Bean Mash. It is a protein (actually a glycoprotein) which immediately provides those with the knowledge (and not too expensive equipment) the ability to effectively purify this.

  • @josefmazzeo6628
    @josefmazzeo6628 4 месяца назад +3

    From watching the Netflix series Ozark I learned that apple seeds can be crushed and used to make poison for ingestion. I think peach pits can be used too. So many poisons around us!

  • @Sir.Leonardo.Scherer
    @Sir.Leonardo.Scherer 3 года назад +1489

    You forgot to mention that time a governor in Brazil ate castor beans on national TV and said it tastes good..then the president told him it's poisonous...

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous 3 года назад +40

      Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robertthomas5906
      @robertthomas5906 3 года назад +75

      Was the President's name Montgomery Burns? LOL. Excellent! Release the hounds!

    • @LeahBouley
      @LeahBouley 3 года назад +37

      You can’t cure that kinda stupid xD

    • @sakabula1285
      @sakabula1285 3 года назад +27

      What happened to him?

    • @JeffTheHokie
      @JeffTheHokie 3 года назад +114

      @@LeahBouley That kind of stupid cures itself. Permenantly.

  • @kefeng6805
    @kefeng6805 2 года назад +1146

    When I was a child, I was warned that castor seeds are poisonous. So I played with the seeds but never chewed it. But I knew that poor families in my village, who could not afford to buy cooking oil, would rub castor seed on woks to release the oil. I never understood how they were not poisoned as they do that everyday. Thank you for your video and some search I finally found the answer. Ricin is destroyed at high temperature.

    • @ohio72213
      @ohio72213 2 года назад +72

      That is indeed a great bit of info to know

    • @ReptilianAnusWizzard
      @ReptilianAnusWizzard 2 года назад +29

      Well also poor people have better immune System since they are closer to Wild Animals then Humans

    • @zeinab9222
      @zeinab9222 2 года назад +372

      @@ReptilianAnusWizzard not how that works

    • @ReptilianAnusWizzard
      @ReptilianAnusWizzard 2 года назад +14

      @@zeinab9222 sorry i Was watching a lot of Videos from Davos, it got in to my System

    • @TheGrassManissaviour
      @TheGrassManissaviour 2 года назад +274

      @@zeinab9222 wrongo in fact, sir. homeless people actually develop strong coats of natural armor about a year after they become homeless. If you are homeless from birth, It will be a lot stronger an tougher than newer homeless armors. Also, homeless people can spit toxic acid at their foes, burning off their flesh in self defense. They can build a strong iron like stomach by chowing down on casta beans daily. Homeless people are not to be messed with. Homeless shelters are like stationary tanks in some ways.

  • @somedriftguy3849
    @somedriftguy3849 Год назад

    Thanks for the life-saving information

  • @DarkChild1758
    @DarkChild1758 3 дня назад

    This grows wild in my country. Harvesting 4 tons, while difficult isn't impossible and won't even raise suspicion

  • @robkorczak
    @robkorczak 3 года назад +939

    Oh wow, wasn't expecting you to cover the assassination attempt on my dad Boris Korczak. If you want more details about that shooting just let me know and I'll tell you the hell that followed. He was shot with the pellet in Vienna Virginia at a Grocery store while I was next to him as we were picking out tangerines. What followed was pure hell that scarred me for life. Yes, Dad did survive but it was a harrowing and long recovery.

    • @GamesNew2Me
      @GamesNew2Me 3 года назад +11

      Wait, for real?

    • @robkorczak
      @robkorczak 3 года назад +180

      @@GamesNew2Me @Games New 2 Me Unfortunately yes, 100% for real. I was 8 years old at the time, and I remember that day like it was yesterday. It wasn't unusual for Dad to be followed by the FBI so this trip to the grocery store was no different. A little beige car followed us and when we parked it disapeaed in the parking lot. My dad's friend noticed a man pushing a cart but not actually shopping as there was nothing in it and he was dressed unseasonably warmly for summer in Virginia summer. The rest played out as I said in my OP. We got home, I was watching cartoons while lying on the floor in front of the TV and suddenly Dad got terribly sick and all hell broke loose from there.

    • @floorskin1
      @floorskin1 2 года назад +6

      Bruh.

    • @DJTourniquet
      @DJTourniquet 2 года назад +49

      Damn dude, sorry that happened but I'm glad he made it

    • @robkorczak
      @robkorczak 2 года назад +34

      @@DJTourniquet Thanks. It was an ordeal.

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 Год назад +424

    When I was a kid, we had Castor Bean plants - left by a former owner. My mother was weeding around them one day and beans were falling on the ground. Our stupid dog ate one of two of them and immediately threw them up. I knew they were toxic, but I had no idea how poisonous they were. The dog lived to an old age.

    • @milosterwheeler2520
      @milosterwheeler2520 4 месяца назад +17

      @@hawkeye1776 He was just generally not bright. But no dog ever had a sweeter disposition.

    • @kieranrollinson8750
      @kieranrollinson8750 4 месяца назад

      I AM FROM THE FUTURE: "PRESENTING EXHIBIT A"!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! :D :D

    • @jirikurto3859
      @jirikurto3859 3 месяца назад +1

      @@milosterwheeler2520 Do you think your dog would've dated me because I love dogs?

    • @Addchannelname-ox8pz
      @Addchannelname-ox8pz Месяц назад

      @@jirikurto3859 ...i believe you may have forgotten to go to therapy

    • @stevendeen4391
      @stevendeen4391 27 дней назад

      I recall this information from Breaking Bad

  • @lexusone1284
    @lexusone1284 Год назад +5

    this plant grows so much in my home village from the tropical areas of after and I used to see pigeons eat these seeds and they never died instead they grew fat and healthy, then my granny told me that they used them as candles at one time but no one died of inhere of it.

    • @Ben-fp2yc
      @Ben-fp2yc Месяц назад

      thats because they cant break the seeds

  • @moiraatkinson
    @moiraatkinson 5 месяцев назад +1

    I just love listening to Simon - he’s got a great sense of humour, without coming across as disrespectful at all. BTW wasn’t there a Japanese subway attack that used ricin?

  • @anguskeenan4932
    @anguskeenan4932 3 года назад +570

    Dear FBI agent: I am going to google chromatography after watching this, I promise I won’t kill anyone.

    • @TerribleShmeltingAccident
      @TerribleShmeltingAccident 3 года назад +32

      Yet.

    • @AbruptandOffensive
      @AbruptandOffensive 3 года назад +18

      Why did I literally say this to my phone camera? 🤣

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 3 года назад +31

      @@AbruptandOffensive just in case your NSA handler was watching. Very thoughtful of you.

    • @playgirl7305
      @playgirl7305 3 года назад +8

      No one, apart from your wife that discovered that secret 200 000 dollar life insurance policy you signed to cover her and your kids just in case you die, maybe from covid 19 or something.

    • @YeeSoest
      @YeeSoest 3 года назад +3

      Right? Exactly my thought process when Simon refused to train me as a bioterrorist ;)

  • @Kimillions
    @Kimillions 3 года назад +733

    Biographics: Skips how to make ricin
    Biographics 2 seconds later: We've seen how terribly easy it is to make ricin.

    • @necrophagus9
      @necrophagus9 3 года назад +30

      I imagine you could do an acid/base extraction then crystalize.

    • @anniebell6846
      @anniebell6846 3 года назад +9

      @@necrophagus9 I appreciate how scienceee you got.

    • @Simon-ho6ly
      @Simon-ho6ly 3 года назад +29

      @@anniebell6846 put it this way... there are more difficult entry level cake recipes.. its really like what at university we called "bucket and spade chemistry" like you can be pretty sloppy and rough with the amounts and methods and it should still work fine

    • @erwingifslang
      @erwingifslang 3 года назад +8

      If you have a basic knowledge of chemisty the only extra info you need is the formula so you know which chromography technique to use and in which part of the chromography you will find it

    • @necrophagus9
      @necrophagus9 3 года назад +2

      @@erwingifslang Do you figure a full alkaloid extraction wouldn't work? I don't know the particular steps for isolating ricinine.

  • @Svs189
    @Svs189 5 месяцев назад +2

    We used the oil,Caster Oil,get from this seeds for many generations and helped reduced body heat as well as a Laxative

  • @user-sh2vq2bj3y
    @user-sh2vq2bj3y 3 месяца назад

    Great work sir!

  • @henriquekonradt541
    @henriquekonradt541 2 года назад +868

    Once when I was a child I for some reason harvested a handful of these beans just because I tough they looked pretty. Then for some still unknown reason proceeded to mash them all into a paste with a rock. Just now, over a decade later, I realised how bloody close I came from meeting the maker, I'm shaking...

    • @CheapSkateGamer96
      @CheapSkateGamer96 2 года назад +43

      Probably not. Castor oil tastes absolutely disgusting, not to mention it gives you the shits from hell at much smaller doses than the lethal dose. Would you have had a bad time? Absolutely. Would you have died? Probably not.

    • @Americanwoman74
      @Americanwoman74 2 года назад +34

      @@CheapSkateGamer96 back when my mom was a kid they gave that shyt to children.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 2 года назад +32

      @@CheapSkateGamer96 You would ideally need to separate the ricin containing pulp from the castor oil. Acetone is good for that.

    • @LT-jc8dv
      @LT-jc8dv 2 года назад +14

      Totally understand getting the seeds for their prettiness.
      I had a handful of these for years in my teens just because they had beautiful patterns.

    • @BamBam-ch4vu
      @BamBam-ch4vu 2 года назад +16

      Demons working overtime

  • @arbynChief617
    @arbynChief617 3 года назад +560

    "Goodbye, Lydia." - Walter White. His last words after poisoning her with Ricin.

  • @rodneycroft5889
    @rodneycroft5889 Год назад +5

    I always knew that this plant was poisonous, but I didn’t know all this stuff.
    Wow.

  • @jasonruetz2306
    @jasonruetz2306 9 дней назад

    Information noted and stored.👌🤓 I was hesitating Googling that for years.

  • @seventh-seraph-cqc-1225
    @seventh-seraph-cqc-1225 2 года назад +168

    “I will not being going into anymore detail than that. This is infotainment not Exhibit A”
    my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

  • @peridoodle2644
    @peridoodle2644 2 года назад +1307

    When I was a kid my friends and I used castor beans from a plant growing on the edge of our elementary school's field as play currency. I remember opening the shells around the bean with my teeth once. I also remember biting into a bean, and panicking because I thought it might be poisonous so I washed out my mouth with water. So I guess I wasn't completely retarded.

    • @user-uc4vg4rg9e
      @user-uc4vg4rg9e 2 года назад +205

      your instincts as a kid were pretty damn good

    • @SephirothRyu
      @SephirothRyu 2 года назад +32

      Trust your instincts, Fox McCloud!

    • @guidononya7368
      @guidononya7368 2 года назад +54

      That's what I am afraid of. I don't want my grandkids or my dogs to find these and decide to chew on them. I don't see how beans come from thorny looking plants though.

    • @user-yv2cz8oj1k
      @user-yv2cz8oj1k 2 года назад +5

      Only partially.

    • @gaywizard2000
      @gaywizard2000 2 года назад +13

      No, but the school and city are pretty negligent to let this grow near a school!

  • @goodlowe6532
    @goodlowe6532 3 месяца назад +1

    Sad to have to watch something like this because you're afraid your 'friend' brought it up casually and now you're worried about why....

  • @boomafett
    @boomafett Год назад

    thanks for the recommendation

  • @asmundfryen7636
    @asmundfryen7636 3 года назад +343

    Imagine rolling up to your closest store and saying you need 4tons of caster beans and the biggest coffegrinder they have

    • @AaronG912
      @AaronG912 3 года назад +14

      Don't drink the kool aid

    • @AlexanderTheGoodEnough
      @AlexanderTheGoodEnough 3 года назад +25

      As long as you didn't ask for directions to the local water supply, I wouldn't be too worried.

    • @PhillipHilton
      @PhillipHilton 3 года назад +15

      This is why I'm always very polite to my barista.

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 2 года назад +2

      No, that's too big.

    • @africanelectron751
      @africanelectron751 2 года назад

      Pretty easy to get 4 tons of that stuff in Zimbabwe.

  • @s.l.wymansrockinwriting6633
    @s.l.wymansrockinwriting6633 3 года назад +602

    As a writer. I thank you for adding to my probability of being on a government watch list

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion 3 года назад +62

      For 10 years, I've jokingly call out "Hello, Mr. FBI agent, sir" online after my husband warned that I was definitely on an FBI list when, for a story I was working on, I looked up the best poison (with a rabbit hole adventure into ricin), what did human flesh taste like, fastest motorcycle on the market at the time, the best illegal way to cross the U.S./Mexican border, and I ended up seeking some historical help on a forum of what I took to be WWII history buffs only to realize it was a Neo-Nazi website. Whoopsie doodle!

    • @orc001
      @orc001 3 года назад +7

      @@rhov-anion haha "Whoopsie Doodle"... What a great phrase to instantly lose the respect of anyone reading a comment

    • @patrikfrroku7215
      @patrikfrroku7215 3 года назад +29

      @@orc001 nah, gained mine

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 3 года назад +22

      If you aren't on a government watch list by now, you're living life all wrong.

    • @ronakroshan7878
      @ronakroshan7878 3 года назад +5

      @@rhov-anion Did you finish the story? Can we read it?

  • @kannakamuiedits
    @kannakamuiedits Год назад +3

    Ricin : exist
    That one cigarette:

  • @nathansmiley9709
    @nathansmiley9709 2 года назад +223

    "Ferb I know what we're gonna do today."

    • @borgorkming8885
      @borgorkming8885 2 года назад +7

      I just laughed my ass off on a video talking about one of the most deadliest poisons in the world. Thank you

    • @LuckyBadger
      @LuckyBadger 2 года назад +7

      "Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

  • @philip8498
    @philip8498 2 года назад +485

    that advice on not googling "necrosis of the flesh" was very good. i didnt take it, but now that i didnt take it i can say firsthand that it is excellent advice

    • @joyos413
      @joyos413 Год назад +5

      Omg 🤮. I’m sorry my curiosity got the best of me

    • @QuanTrietLOL
      @QuanTrietLOL Год назад +8

      My grandpa was paralyzed after a major stroke for 2 years. I dont think I need to google it anymore
      Edit: I did try, and uhmm, yeah, just about what I expect. Maybe my childhood is not as peaceful as I though

    • @brucewelty7684
      @brucewelty7684 Год назад +2

      MRSA?

    • @justamicrowave2572
      @justamicrowave2572 Год назад +3

      @Dacia Sandero guys I’ve seen a person’s finger get degloved in an accident with a rope. One of the worse things I’ve ever seen.

    • @Cat-pv6yx
      @Cat-pv6yx Год назад +4

      TLDS (too late don’t search) basically what happened to Gus Fring’s face except that it’s natural

  • @kioshy117
    @kioshy117 4 месяца назад

    you sound like what i believe alfred from batman speaks, love it

  • @greyjamiesod4989
    @greyjamiesod4989 12 дней назад

    I lived in Turkie for years, where ricinus grew wild. No problems, it's a beautiful plant that's well worth growing in your garden. Seed available from Plant World Seeds. ENJOY YOUR GARDEN.

  • @davidgadd8601
    @davidgadd8601 8 месяцев назад

    I used to work at a chemical plant and we get tankers full of castor oil. Sometimes there would be loose beans in it and we would use that Castrol oil and mix it with other ingredients to make a filter of sorts for dialysis.

  • @mrnicktoyou
    @mrnicktoyou 2 года назад +612

    Those ricin beans look like some weird poisonous snails or something.

    • @Fszb
      @Fszb 2 года назад +31

      google weed seeds its crazy how similar it looks

    • @WalkToPoland
      @WalkToPoland 2 года назад +14

      @@Fszb that's the comment that I was looking for damn near identical indeed lol

    • @goodguy...badrep.
      @goodguy...badrep. 2 года назад +6

      Immediately what I thought. Hemp seeds.

    • @ami5marion
      @ami5marion 2 года назад +3

      @@Fszb the size is significantly different tho

    • @dhruvin2391
      @dhruvin2391 2 года назад +3

      My uncle is farmer and castor is major crop of the year. I never knew it can be used as deadly poison befor watching breaking bad.

  • @_letstartariot
    @_letstartariot Год назад +750

    As a emergency physician I have come across cyanide poisoning once before. The person survived but they were severely disabled by it permanently. Hydroxocobalamin (antidote called cyanokit/very high dose B12) saved their life. But I’ve never seen ricin poisoning irl. There would be nothing we could do as you mentioned except supportive treatment/palliative care. It’s just always blown my mind how easy it is to acquire.

    • @titaniusanglesmith9690
      @titaniusanglesmith9690 Год назад +17

      how were they exposed to the cyanide?

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 Год назад +27

      The B12 antidote for Cyanide is really interesting, the most common version used in supplements is cyanocobalamin, and basically hydroxocobalamin absorbs the cyanide to form cyanocobalamin, which your body just gets rid of as B vitamins are water soluble.

    • @taraswertelecki3786
      @taraswertelecki3786 Год назад

      Hope you never do, ricin is a very swiftly acting and lethal poison that destroys cells from within by blocking protein synthesis. There is no antidote for ricin poisoning. One does not have to look far to find castor bean plants to get the beans that contain the toxin.

    • @starleigh6680
      @starleigh6680 Год назад +21

      @@titaniusanglesmith9690 some people eat nuts that contain a small amount of a chemical containing cyinade. 2 or 3 nuts is fine but some people decide to binge eat whole bags like popcorn

    • @knotttaylorrayne2338
      @knotttaylorrayne2338 Год назад

      You are very pretty

  • @ErrolMiller-ey3lb
    @ErrolMiller-ey3lb 5 месяцев назад +1

    EXCELLENT .FACTUAL. COMPREHENSIVE. A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANKS.

  • @gosho1965
    @gosho1965 8 месяцев назад +1

    Watchlist here we go ....

  • @farmerjohn2262
    @farmerjohn2262 2 года назад +829

    Here in Florida the castor bean plants are common weeds that grow very large, up to 10 feet or more. I've warned my friends about their toxicity and they found it shocking that a plant that is such a common sight is so deadly.

    • @ElegyVio
      @ElegyVio 2 года назад +4

      Jesus Christ is the truth reach out

    • @marnv2956
      @marnv2956 Год назад +24

      @@ElegyVio please don't use the Lord's name in vain. God bless.

    • @ElegyVio
      @ElegyVio Год назад +11

      @@marnv2956 I didn’t, I was spreading the word

    • @Nibbenji2077
      @Nibbenji2077 Год назад +3

      @@ElegyVio based

    • @harriettubman7316
      @harriettubman7316 Год назад +33

      @@ElegyVio jesus was gay

  • @1ryanlc
    @1ryanlc 3 года назад +154

    Fun fact from working in a mail room - Macadamia nuts will test positive for ricin. A customer was eating a cookie when she sealed the envelope that she mailed to us 🙄

    • @gavrochethenardier957
      @gavrochethenardier957 3 года назад +9

      that's gross who still seals envelopes with saliva these days?

    • @Haloman2458
      @Haloman2458 3 года назад +57

      People who arent weak blooded

    • @redtsunami326
      @redtsunami326 3 года назад +7

      @@Haloman2458 lol so true

    • @grimace4257
      @grimace4257 3 года назад +43

      @@gavrochethenardier957
      You gonna dab your finger in water and run it along the glue? 😂
      The soyest of boys

    • @shockshplock3480
      @shockshplock3480 3 года назад +8

      @@Haloman2458 Exactly, only the weakest of men do otherwise.

  • @ljenk5
    @ljenk5 3 месяца назад

    Simon is so great, love the Whistlerversee!

  • @xOrynos
    @xOrynos 2 месяца назад +1

    Jesses Ricin’ beans quote killed me when I first heard it.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 3 года назад +311

    I remember the 2013 incident, where one part-rime karate instructor and Elvis impersonator tried to frame his rival karate instructor/Elvis impersonator. The guy who turned out *not* to be the poisoner was a hilarious character. When the police said he was suspected of mailing ricin, he said, without irony, “Can’t be. I don’t even eat rice.” I always thought he’d be a great subject for one of those reality shows where a camera crew just follows him around during his daily activities.

    • @WildTurtleTakeover
      @WildTurtleTakeover 3 года назад +7

      your comment was literally an entire portion of the video

    • @stevenattanasso2003
      @stevenattanasso2003 2 года назад +2

      @@WildTurtleTakeover He's not Gary Cooper , either .....

    • @nmxsanchez
      @nmxsanchez 2 года назад +2

      I don't even eat rice! Hysterical

  • @fatdaddyeddiejr
    @fatdaddyeddiejr 3 года назад +793

    Somewhere out there. Walter White is smiling as he watches this video.

    • @justicegraceful2171
      @justicegraceful2171 3 года назад +4

      The HELL do you mean by that?

    • @mikew1374
      @mikew1374 3 года назад +30

      And Lydia is choking to death lol

    • @mikew1374
      @mikew1374 3 года назад +19

      @@justicegraceful2171 Breaking Bad reference. It was used towards the end of thr series to poison a woman. You should watch that show, its amazing

    • @justicegraceful2171
      @justicegraceful2171 3 года назад +2

      @@mikew1374 I did. Just remembered lol. Yeah that scene was Awesome

    • @tobiasvaldez4816
      @tobiasvaldez4816 3 года назад +5

      In his own words "You're God damn right"

  • @herzog1857
    @herzog1857 Год назад +2

    Thank you for calling me a lonely weirdo who watched too much Breaking Bad

  • @koganhill6422
    @koganhill6422 Год назад +2

    “Goodbye Lydia”

  • @Saaahn
    @Saaahn 2 года назад +509

    I remember doing a whole presentation in health class cause we we doing a unto on diseases and viruses and stuff like that and I picked ricin… i was always the class clown so after the serious PowerPoint the last slide just said “im now on a government watchlist so thank you mrs.billings for this” she wasn’t happy she took off 5 points lmao

    • @adammazeli
      @adammazeli 2 года назад +112

      5 point? Well time to use your knowledge you get from her class and applied on her as a form of gratitude. Maybe you can improve her coffee or tea

    • @gmccool1576
      @gmccool1576 2 года назад +85

      @@adammazeli “your coffee looks a little too bitter Mrs. Billings how about I help you with that?”

    • @bigdogteigan1231
      @bigdogteigan1231 2 года назад +11

      If you’ve just called yourself the class clown than you weren’t funny just like this comment 👍

    • @DevilcakeLive
      @DevilcakeLive 2 года назад +52

      @@bigdogteigan1231 or they meant that they liked joking and laughing and didn't give a damn about people's random and unbased opinions :D

    • @KristiContemplates
      @KristiContemplates 2 года назад +8

      I woulda given that last comment extra points for the realistic legal commentary

  • @JL-cn1qi
    @JL-cn1qi 3 года назад +138

    Curiosity stream: " Wait, we just sponsered what now ? "

  • @KyryloMudrokha
    @KyryloMudrokha Год назад +2

    "That would be the ricin I put in the-"
    -Heisenburger

  • @zakariaeafilaltribak1572
    @zakariaeafilaltribak1572 Год назад +4

    Breaking bad people rise your hand

  • @billcoon8607
    @billcoon8607 3 года назад +67

    I work in the chemical industry with some particularly ghastly substances. Simon, I'll have to see if I can find you one of the "Not only will this kill you, it will hurt the whole time you're dying " stickers I wear on my hardhat.....

    • @policewitness5181
      @policewitness5181 2 года назад +1

      From AvE by any chance? I've got some of those, and "not to be operated by fuckwits", "Don't ask to borrow my tools, and I won't ask to borrow your girlfriend", "Do not dumb here. This id s dumb free area", and "Trust me, I'm a pipefitter".

  • @jamescrud
    @jamescrud 2 года назад +234

    Wife: "What are you watching?"
    Me: "Nothing".

    • @maniamania4227
      @maniamania4227 2 года назад +6

      Ahahahahaah

    • @barelyawake868
      @barelyawake868 2 года назад +10

      FBI Agent: "he lyin"

    • @johngrepo9976
      @johngrepo9976 2 года назад +2

      Ohhh that's dark

    • @hihooman
      @hihooman 2 года назад +12

      Sometimes it's better to say "porn"

    • @Peta_CHAD69
      @Peta_CHAD69 2 года назад

      I'd have screamed "WHAT DO YOU WOMAN!?!? I'M WATCHING A PORNOGRAPHY!!!!!" because it'd be far easier to explain.

  • @yourhotmom1708
    @yourhotmom1708 Год назад +5

    Breaking Bad Reference

  • @beagleissleeping5359
    @beagleissleeping5359 3 года назад +435

    Next episode of Business Blaze: List of idiots who accidentally poisoned themselves with ricin trying to manufacture it in order to poison someone else. 🔥

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 3 года назад +17

      He said "Ricinus communist" as a secret shoutout to Danny. 🔥 Allegedly!

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 3 года назад +9

      I figure they would fall in the same IQ range as bombers who blow themselves up.
      Smart enough to do it, dumb enough to skip safety steps or think the equipment they were using was "good enough".

    • @Adjuni
      @Adjuni 3 года назад +6

      @@slcpunk2740 Ricinius communis is the Latin name for the castor bean. :P

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 3 года назад +4

      @@Adjuni yeah I know but if you listen close he says communist

    • @hipeeps1000
      @hipeeps1000 3 года назад +4

      And next on The Casual Criminalist: Victims of Ricin poisoning

  • @WiseSnake
    @WiseSnake 3 года назад +163

    If you plan on growing this plant yourself, I recommend cutting the flower stalks off soon after flowering or the pods, once dry, will cast beans all over the place, which quickly germinate. So they do have a tendency to become an invasive species in my area. It's an impressive plant, grows huge very quickly. But I got tired of dealing with seedlings popping up everywhere.

    • @harrywalker5836
      @harrywalker5836 2 года назад +4

      so,its a weed..like pepercorn trees.

    • @wesleybaker8188
      @wesleybaker8188 2 года назад

      Good easy to grow it sounds like. Halloween will be canceled one day because of risin I feel it

    • @gemfyre855
      @gemfyre855 2 года назад

      It's an awful weed in Australia. Most empty lots have at least one plant growing on them, especially if it was an old market gardening area.

  • @TinaRN
    @TinaRN 8 месяцев назад

    No chance those are going in my coffee grinder! 😂😂 I have several plants in my garden. They really are a beautiful plant, and can create a fast growing Summer privacy hedge.

  • @doinikinsv2385
    @doinikinsv2385 Год назад

    When I was a kid I have watched Mcgyuver making some experiments about castor bean. been playing this castor fruit cooking the seeds turning it into oil. I never thought that these are potent poison. Good for me I haven’t tasted or injested it.

  • @Silver-rx1mh
    @Silver-rx1mh 3 года назад +98

    "Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Is it done? Is he gone?
    Walter White : Yeah, It's done. He's gone. They're all gone.
    Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Todd? Who is this?
    Walter White : It's Walt. How are you feeling? Kind of under the weather, like you've got the flu? That would be the ricin I gave you, I slipped it into that Stevia crap you're always putting in your tea.
    Lydia Rodarte-Quayle : Oh my God!
    Walter White : Well, goodbye, Lydia."

    • @steelerspittsburgh875
      @steelerspittsburgh875 3 года назад +9

      I always thought Lydia was hot. Nasty character but sexy.

    • @konz2891
      @konz2891 3 года назад +2

      @@steelerspittsburgh875 be careful with that bud, could take you somewhere dangerous.

    • @steelerspittsburgh875
      @steelerspittsburgh875 3 года назад +1

      @@konz2891 lol

    • @jhellert1
      @jhellert1 3 года назад

      Best dialogue of the whole show!

    • @paintingphoenix6473
      @paintingphoenix6473 3 года назад

      You dug deep AF. I expect you to write a novel. I'll be waiting. I want first copy. Start now please. I'm excited.

  • @duskdawn8054
    @duskdawn8054 2 года назад +886

    I’m definitely writing ricin into one of my stories.
    And I’m definitely going to find myself on a watchlist researching this, aren’t I?

    • @craziestgolem4209
      @craziestgolem4209 2 года назад +60

      Not likely as in reality people don't just end up on a watchlist. The amount of people who look up things kind of topics is so many that it would just be a waste of resources to monitor everyone so it usually boils down to if you were a suspect in a murder and then they find your researching by searching your computer. If you live in a country with free of information acts then you can always request your personal file if you really want to know

    • @Xgil2Play
      @Xgil2Play Год назад +5

      Probably not. Knowledge is free, it's only when you go around shopping that things get hairy.

    • @sexy7395
      @sexy7395 Год назад +9

      You're on the list

    • @jonathanbarnes3061
      @jonathanbarnes3061 Год назад +2

      If your heart is pure you'll be invisible.

    • @maevependragon
      @maevependragon Год назад +1

      Saaaaaame

  • @Rational_upper_cut
    @Rational_upper_cut Год назад +2

    *takes notes

  • @legionary3519
    @legionary3519 Год назад +5

    bro thinks he's walter white 💀

    • @Jose_nunezasencio
      @Jose_nunezasencio Месяц назад

      I thought the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @milesdufourny4813
    @milesdufourny4813 2 года назад +328

    The oil from castor beans is used as a pre-mix lubricant for two stroke engines. It offers better cylinder protection than any of the synthetics.

    • @aarontuplin
      @aarontuplin 2 года назад +1

      But what about metal! To metal! Contact?

    • @emily.g.929
      @emily.g.929 2 года назад +34

      Sorry if this is a stupid question, but: Is that why that one brand of engine oil is called Castrol?

    • @markdavis2475
      @markdavis2475 2 года назад +5

      Yes,according to Wikipedia

    • @dp-sr1fd
      @dp-sr1fd 2 года назад +7

      Wasn't castor oil used in the very early aero engines?

    • @mountainrescue777
      @mountainrescue777 2 года назад +4

      Castor oil. It's a full blown corporate company!

  • @snakey934Snakeybakey
    @snakey934Snakeybakey 3 года назад +188

    I'm just here to compliment Simon on his increasingly Vikingesque beard.
    Leave me alone FBI

  • @emanuelsharik2853
    @emanuelsharik2853 Год назад +2

    waltuh, we must cook ricin waltuh

  • @chaucer2824
    @chaucer2824 Год назад +1

    I’m glad we all had the same thought before clicking on this video

  • @Sommertest
    @Sommertest 3 года назад +61

    Simon: Ricin was used in assassinations!
    Putin: hold my polonium

  • @alexsullivan2957
    @alexsullivan2957 4 месяца назад

    You earned my subscription today big pimp

  • @QuotesBrewery
    @QuotesBrewery Год назад +223

    We played with Ricin a lot in our childhood, especially after finding it in fields and then removing shells and breaking it with fingers, but luckily no one died.

    • @_TRB_
      @_TRB_ 8 месяцев назад +17

      Kid named finger:

    • @jonathon559
      @jonathon559 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@_TRB_😂😂

  • @alaiaron
    @alaiaron Год назад +474

    Never knew that it is poisonous. But it was once a common cultivation here in our place at Assam, India, to feed the silkworm. It is called "Endee" in our language and silkworm is called "Endee Emphou", worm that live on "Endee" and the cloth made of its thread is again called "Endee Si" cloth made by "Endee". One can esily guess how this plant was so much attached to us not as a poison but as a part of life :) .

    • @jamiejenkinson7029
      @jamiejenkinson7029 Год назад +19

      People like you are precious, sharing the joys of knowledge,

    • @midnight7224
      @midnight7224 Год назад +9

      I'm from the north eastern part of India in the state of Nagaland and it's basically the same here except we eat the worm as well (properly cooked of course) i also remember eating the seed of the plant during my early teens ending with a slight dizzyness and the taste was awful too..Never knew it was poisonous until now 😂

    • @alaiaron
      @alaiaron Год назад +7

      @@midnight7224 I think we NE people have same eating habit. 🐌, 🦗, 🐁, 🐛, 🐝, All are deliciou.

    • @action1093
      @action1093 Год назад +2

      @@alaiaron Ahem Ahem 🗿

    • @spring.on.neptune
      @spring.on.neptune Год назад

      thats actually so cool!

  • @elijahsmith3206
    @elijahsmith3206 Месяц назад +1

    cheers mate, was looking for a decent poison