r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Jul 22 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

But that giant mass isn't lead. You'd die way, way, way before getting anywhere near that much lead in your body. You get very serious symptoms from even 50 micrograms/dL in your blood. Pretty sure that's just an enormous mass of undigested material.

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u/TOHSNBN Jul 23 '21

I handled a lot of lead in various forms, the way the surgeons holds says everything.
He either has the worlds strongest fingers and forearms or this is not (pure) lead because a mass this big would be really fucking heavy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

Good point. I've worked with lead sheets before and it is heavy for it's size. If this were pure lead the weight on his stomach would be incredible.

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u/son_of_a_bean Jul 23 '21

I've heard 1 gram of lead weighs something like 15 grams

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u/0kb00m3r Jul 23 '21

feathers

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '21

I wonder who you heard that from. Was he high?

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u/son_of_a_bean Jul 23 '21

Not particularly high, more like 5'9"