A mother went viral after conducting a ‘scientific experiment’ with her child, but internet users are divided over the egg turning into jelly.
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A mother used her Instagram account to share a ‘scientific experiment’ she did with her son. The video has over 30 million views, but internet users are questioning whether the experience is real.
The “experiment” with eggs has been posted by many on social media, and Yana Kuzmich was one of the people who tried the trick. In the clip, she and her son are ready to turn a regular raw egg into jelly, using only a bowl, toothpaste, and aluminum foil.
Kuzmich puts the egg inside the bowl and spreads a generous amount of toothpaste on it. Then she covers the container with foil and waits for the magic to happen. After 24 hours, to the boy’s delight, instead of a hard-boiled egg, he finds a shell-less, gelatinous egg that looks like a transparent ball.
Internet users loved the video, but many wondered if the experiment’s result was indeed real and possible. According to Jennifer Mencias-Munoz from the Children’s Museum in Houston, it is not.
She told Fox News Digital that the experiment would never work with the two components used: “In science, we would call the toothpaste a base, which is the opposite of an acid. The egg is also a base. When you put these two together, we don’t see a reaction.”
People quickly reacted to Kuzmich’s video; many thought she was deceiving her child and that doing an experiment with a false result wouldn’t be a good lesson for the boy. Others complained that the mother didn’t make it clear in her post that it was just a joke.
Many mothers tried it at home with their children, who were completely disappointed with the result, as they believed it was possible to dissolve an eggshell with toothpaste and turn it into jelly.
“I tried it twice just to be sure. I ruined two perfectly good eggs,” commented one woman.
Other internet users, however, found the video amusing, even knowing that the experiment was merely a trick to entertain a child. “It’s a fake egg, but I liked the video and the idea,” said one.
For parents who want to conduct a similar experiment with their children, there is another way that seems to work, using vinegar to dissolve the eggshell. You will get an egg that is not necessarily transparent, but somewhat translucent, resembling a rubbery egg.
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