How much of these 12 things would it take to kill you?
YouTubers AsapSCIENCE explain that you should think before you eat 24 tubes of toothpaste…
As morbid as the headline you just read is, it’s actually a pretty fascinating question.
YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE has almost 6.8 million subscribers, a real knack for this kind of thing, and a history for looking into deadly amounts – which you’ll find out about later.
Here they are to explain more.
Perhaps a recap will help. AsapSCIENCE’s team of Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown source a plethora of scientific papers and articles to find answers to your science questions. So based on their research, here’s 12 things which could kill you – fun!
1. 129 teaspoons of pepper.
3. 10.5 cups of suger (assuming you’re 150lbs (68kg)).
5. 68 nanograms of botox.
6. Around 11,000 oranges or 809 vitamin C supplement pills.
8. An internal body temperature of 40C.
10. 7,143 abdominal X-rays in a row.
12. About 480 bananas.
But wait, there’s more – and part one of the Canadian YouTubers’ “this much will kill you” theme is well worth a watch.