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Turning aspirin pills into mint flavor

NileRed - 2017-07-17

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Today I will be making some wintergreen flavoring, aka methyl salicylate, from Aspirin. Then, I will eat it.

Nile talks about lab safety:  https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA

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Maddie - 2017-07-17

Finally, a tasty snack I can overdose on!

Namir Elhag - 2020-12-25

Acting like crack don't exist

The Cool Axolotl Logan - 2020-12-26

I have winter blues time to make some wintergreen!

Andromeda Warrior 6002 - 2020-12-27

WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Arashk Mahshidfar - 2021-03-21

@splitairplane 2 is that a mark reference?

jacob Ramirez - 2021-03-29

@God u nerd

Dragon Fear - 2017-08-24

Dude... mint-flavored analgesic tablets. Helps relieve your hangover while giving you fresh-smelling breath.

How is this not already a thing?!

TeslaInvestah - 2021-02-08

1. Never give a small child a reason to eat 50 analgesic tablets in the time it takes you to wash your hair.
2. Never give a dumb adult a reason to pop unnecessary pills before a date because they ran out of Mentos.
3. Never give a presumptuous houseguest a reason to chew up 2 analgesic tablets they found sitting out next to your sink.
4. Never give your board of directors, news reporters, and multiple departments of the government reason to say "If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened."
5. What the first reply said.

Arashk Mahshidfar - 2021-03-21

@Davyd do Carmo Cabral good luck with liver failures.

Arashk Mahshidfar - 2021-03-21

@IwinAndLooz that's like saying why do people put electricity on fences that are used to keep animals inside cages.

IwinAndLooz - 2021-03-21

@Arashk Mahshidfar That makes no sense whatsoever

Arashk Mahshidfar - 2021-03-21

@IwinAndLooz do you think just parents taking extra caution is gonna be enough for kids not to eat them?

Paul Berger - 2017-12-26

0:20
cavemen questioning another's sexuality:
"Ben straight?"
"No, Bengay "

Nishka69 - 2020-12-27

@FTC Gaming AKSJSKAKJS- I CANT- 😂😂😂

screm YT - 2020-12-29

@Amy Sarah Ace you lack the funny

R4Fa3L - 2021-01-01

Multi language jokes here guys.

Lilly like da flower - 2021-01-27

Ooga booga

Jose Cruz - 2021-02-07

This thread is so fucking wholesome I love it

swordsmancs - 2020-01-06

Man makes minty flavor concentrate out of aspirin then tastes it

Comes to the conclusion that it tastes super minty

Science

möhno - 2020-11-09

@Greedy Orange cocksucka

Kumquat Lord - 2020-11-30

Remember, the only difference between science and screwing around is writing stuff down

Andromeda Warrior 6002 - 2020-12-27

Skience

MrBlackJet - 2021-01-02

Big brain

Kingsnake Command - 2021-01-23

Science at it's finest.

Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 - 2020-04-11

Nile: makes wintergreen flavour from scratch

also Nile: "I'm a big fan of the lazy route"

Mars Knight - 2020-12-18

@Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 that's so awesome, all their merch looked so cool

Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 - 2020-12-19

@Mars Knight yeah, my only regret with Unus Annus is that I was supposed to have a job and then the pandemic happened so I couldn't collect the YouTooz hourglass and all that cool stuff. But, I guess it serves the lesson too, everything dies and you have to let go haha

Cameron James - 2020-12-23

Well.. I'm currently watching this with my Unus Annus Founders white t-shirt on, wonderful.

Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 - 2020-12-23

@Cameron James :D

Major Melon - 2020-12-28

Memento mori friend

Samuel Adams - 2020-02-09

Nile Red on 4/20/20
"Making DMT from Melatonin"

Camden Nguyen - 2020-12-22

If only you knew the thing that will soon come to ur time

Ephraim Bane - 2021-01-18

I'm not sure if you could make DMT from melatonin, but it can be extracted from various types of reeds and river grass.

Any Factor - 2020-12-21

"Anyway" - NileRed

Chayne Baltezore - 2021-03-17

i read this comment as he said that

Sam Riz - 2021-03-25

7:36

Thutil - 2019-08-20

"Of course, I could've also just smashed them with a hammer or something, but it's just a lot easier this way."
You really have the best chemist quotes.

Lilly like da flower - 2019-12-18

said the serial killer when asked why they killed their victims with a hammer

PhoenixUltraMotive - 2020-01-14

Yet some vids ago he smashed glass beakers with a hammer, including chucking a hammer at one

Just Some Guy without a Mustache - 2020-10-28

The perfect mint for fresh breath and to alleviate the headache when you have to pay for your date's bill at the end of the night.

Stormtorch - 2020-11-01

wtf why are you here? and how do you not have 10 likes already

Enzo Pimentel - 2020-12-25

Yo

Ben Sullivan - 2017-07-31

Consuming extremely potent mint oils kind of feels like getting punched in the face by a giant altoid. I once drank a small amount of peppermint extract, which although was mostly alcohol, still was peppermint at an extremely high concentration. It was quite the experience.

Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 - 2020-04-11

I routinely put 1 or 2 drops of pure peppermint oil in my mouth and it's really not that bad

Jack Black - 2020-10-26

pours it into eye drops

Mel Melodies - 2020-11-01

Sometimes I accidentally have some peppermint flavoring when baking, and every single time I nearly black out before getting to my chair. Then I ask my parents for water and they’re like why can’t you get it yourself? Cause I overdosed on peppermint, DAD!

Jean Marceaux - 2020-12-05

Guess you could say the experience was
Refreshing

HappyBeezerStudios - by Lord_Mogul - 2020-12-24

Now I want the altoid man to go around punching people with bad breath. In some silly commercial superhero kind of way.

Red XDragon - 2020-12-22

Step one: turn pills into powder
Step two: make powder into a line
Step three: overdose

Will Turner - 2021-01-17

There it is. Nice.

I wondered how far I'd have to scroll to find the "white powder" comment.

butter. - 2021-01-22

Step 4: Cover yourself in oil

Lemar Sullivan - 2020-04-17

dude 1: What's Ben's sexual orientation?
dude 2: oh him? BenGay

happy baby - 2020-12-21

BRUH

xREDxAXx FIRE - 2021-01-02

Stole

theme - 2021-01-05

comedy indeed

flblbl - 2017-08-26

damn NileRed ya cute

Jean Marceaux - 2020-12-05

Found Ben

eels - 2020-12-10

@Bill A I want answers 😂

Weed Weekly - 2020-12-10

Yea

not jalyn - 2020-12-20

i’ve found my people 🏃‍♀️💨

peanut sans - 2020-12-25

yes

siena mira - 2019-12-09

at some point i just started watching him in the reflection of the beaker

grovermatic - 2020-10-27

Can we take a moment to appreciate how often a simple coffee filter which most of us use everyday can also be utilized in complex chemical reactions?

calzar onezerozeroone - 2017-12-20

U a BABE
<3

Random Fish - 2019-05-31

Thank you for helping me sleep while making me slightly intrigued

Jesse Robertson - 2017-07-17

On this episode of Cooking with Nile...Mints! (WARNING: may be deadly to children)

T - 2018-10-18

Jesse Robertson I didnt her that?

Liza - 2018-11-30

GOOD

Chipping - 2019-03-21

LMAO

Seamus Byrne - 2019-10-19

@Thunder that's why I use burnt almonds in random meals

Dequeesha - 2020-01-14

adds sulfuric acid

Intrer 1 - 2020-07-11

NileRed: It’s really important not to breathe this in, as it is really harmful for your lungs
Me: stops breathing

Andrea Lenear - 2020-04-23

This is my first time seeing NileRed lmao... Didn't realize he was a baddie

Longtime Sunshine - 2021-04-07

I did this for my school project and ended up blowing up the lab, they had to evacuate the chemistry rooms for two days 😂

Maple Moose - 2021-04-08

I love when Nile makes food with his chemistry projects

TheFloatingSheep - 2020-07-06

It's a very simple and straightforward series of reactions, first you take Aspirin, and you turn it into Aspearin, then Aspearmint, and then you perform a reduction and get mint.

Janae Quinones - 2018-10-07

When orgo chem took over your life last year so you knew the reagents needed before they were even mentioned lmao

Cassie May - 2017-07-18

Thank you for making these fascinating videos. I'm a chemistry teacher, so I love nerding out on your videos.

faselblaDer3te - 2020-07-09

Homemade potentially lethal mint pastilles
or:
Mentos - The Deadmaker

Wildm0use - 2017-07-17

Bengay ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Makai Bruh - 2020-10-30

@Yden if only you knew

finleyisraar fraser - 2020-11-05

@Yiğit Alp Alakoç nederlands?

Yiğit Alp Alakoç - 2020-11-05

@finleyisraar fraser I wish lol, for now im in Turkey

Rhae Justman - 2020-11-26

Guess you could
say I Bengay for a while XD

EasySneezy 123 - 2020-12-03

@Yden you're 2 years to early

mannys9130 - 2018-03-28

I think I'll set it to M for minty.

cough cough
Aspirin smoke...don't breathe this!

Aphrid Gomez - 2018-10-15

wow... you're way more handsome than I could've imagined

Aphrid Gomez - 2020-12-25

​ @Bruh Noodle @whitney sweat @Peridot Facet 2R7P-5XR girls can't be simps lol

Anthony Ngu - 2021-01-11

@Aphrid Gomez yes they can.

Aphrid Gomez - 2021-01-11

@Anthony Ngu but I'm not

Anthony Ngu - 2021-01-11

@Aphrid Gomez ok.

Glitchb0t5 - 2021-02-05

Simp

nick B - 2017-07-21

Edible Chem shows great confidence in your abilities!

Sophia Xanthe Ruiz Uvalle - 2018-05-14

nick baldassare but its a real ego boost tho.
Once a (stupid) friend of mine synthesized an anaesthetic and he tested it, on his own tongue, he couldn't feel it for like an hour

Topstormking - 2017-08-22

I love the taste of wintergreen. I can eat mints made of it like candy.

Michael Maffei - 2018-01-25

Topstormking Nothing better honestly.

orangey - 2017-07-18

Son: Mom, can I have one of these mints?
Mom: No, honey, those aren't mints, it's aspirin.
Son: But I can turn them into wintergreen oil!

PhoenixUltraMotive - 2020-01-14

Using some meth cooking looking tools

Michael Santos - 2020-08-25

Then you can give her a batch and she um.... won't make it very far... they won't be able to trace it to you😶😶😶

Matthew Sploded - 2020-01-13

"How to freshen your breath with liquid aspirin"

Poly Bun - 2017-11-02

The good news is, winter green is really great and restoring rubber to being soft again! You can use it on the belts in vcr's, tape decks, record players.

Nitro - 2017-07-18

Anyone else have this mental image of Nile during the narration part which is completely different to when he speaks in front of the cam?

YONDER K - 2020-12-21

"Bengay"

Ben: No I'm not !!!!!

Глеб Янкелевич - 2017-07-18

Each time Nile do an edible chem, I'm afraid that it would be his last video. It would be a shame, since they are great. But I'm quite uncomfortable with someone eating large dose of wintergreen, extracted from mixture of methanol and sulfuric acid, and not distilled on top of it.

AguaFluorida - 2017-10-12

Yes, dimethyl sulfate is really nasty.

masacatior - 2020-11-02

Isn't the wintergreen dissolved in methanol when he tasted it? 😶

ANA K - 2020-12-22

wouldn't posting it mean he is still alive? 😔🤜

masacatior - 2020-12-22

@ANA K sure that means he's alive *limbs fall *

little lemons - 2020-12-29

@masacatior tizz but a scratch

William - 2020-12-11

2:00 took me a second to realize what was happening here

CaramelHorse - 2017-11-03

I don't even know much about chemistry but I always find myself binge watching your videos lol
I wish I took Chem in high school but I didn't get good enough grades to take it :(

lucas bueno - 2017-07-18

could you do a Diels-Alder reaction, or some redox reaction, maybe wohler synthesis, some wurtz synthesis, or reactions with metallic sodium! it would be nice. thanks for the attention, Brazil loves you

im weird - 2021-03-01

Imagine seeing “side effects may include: ...” on a pack of mints and one of them is just death

vedant - 2018-01-09

Please make a chemistry tutorial about how reactions work, how to set up a laboratory!!!

Mike Adams - 2019-12-30

Dude just made the ultimate confidence booster. Fresh breath and no headaches? PATENT THIS!

Yata Garasu - 2017-07-18

Dude shows that Gum Paste in a shot like he does with the chemicals, really got me man

Sam Parlin - 2018-08-11

"Could be potentially fatal" I love it. Also I'd imagine it's simply a gum form of Advil, so you could still potentially use the gum as the source medicine

James Trotman - 2017-07-18

I love the cooking show segment at the end, now imagine if all cooking shows were explained as chemistry demonstrations

The Cool Axolotl Logan - 2020-12-26

Nile: warning i do not advise doing this at home.
Also Nile: gives exact instructions and measurements for making it and gives safety tips.

Connor Taylor - 2020-12-28

For the next video you should show us how to turn cold and flu tablets into methamphetamine...
For strictly educational purposes

glenwoofit - 2017-07-17

Interesting. Candy you can overdose on.

J13Arrowz - 2020-04-09

@cellogirl11RW That's interesting, I didn't think the caffeine would kill you before the theobromide. Thank you for the correction.

Palmarès radio Québec 78-82 - 2020-04-11

@cellogirl11RW Actually, there's at least 10 times more theobromine than caffeine in chocolate, and the estimated LD50 of caffeine in humans is 150-200 mg/kg while theobromine is around 1000 mg/kg, which is only 5-7 times more.


And anyways, the additive effects of both xanthines would kill you before you reach either threshold.


Also if you weigh 70 kg it would take around 30 kg of pure cocoa powder to kill you purely from theobromine, which no human can fit into their stomach. But there have been cases of death (or near death) from acute chocolate consumption caused by underlying health conditions (see ChubbyEmu's video: https://youtu.be/EIzAshQdWeo ).

Yitu TG - 2020-06-10

Won't the sugar or the cocoa butter kill you first? I'm sure that consuming massive amounts of sugar is not healthy at all

Misanthropy - 2020-06-10

sigh You can overdose on anything, even water. Drink 6 litres in one sitting and you have a 50% chance of dying. Balance is everything.

94E - 2020-10-29

@Daniel The Nordic countries and the Dutch want to know your location.

sir9integra9jr - 2020-10-08

I wish I could go back in time to when I was in college, watching it when it was first posted, and tell my past self that this man would someday make toilet paper moonshine