No matter what we seem to do to McDonald's burgers, they manage to survive.
A recent video that shows a four-year-old burger still in pristine condition thoroughly disturbed the internet.
And now, YouTube user Tito4re has decided to try and kill a Big Mac with fire. Or more specifically, molten copper.
Here's what happened:
He took two burgers (one for eating, one for experimenting) to prove they were normal, freshly purchased Big Macs.
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He then goes to fetch a ladle's worth of boiling scrap copper lava (please don't try this at home).
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As you might expect, it burns the bun pretty throughly.
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Nothing. Happens. NOTHING. The fiery substance bounces off the surface of the burger. Copper melts at 1085 degrees Celcius.
Here's the post-molten copper burger, still appearing as though hot fiery metal hadn't just been poured onto it. Looks like a barbecue really...
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After a thorough cooking of all the Big Mac's constituent parts...
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Eventually, it does turn crispy, but you can still very clearly see that while charred, the burger wasn't destroyed.
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Bonus? When the copper cooled again, it featured a dazzling new array of colours.
The results are in: McDonald's burgers are immortal.
Here's the video:
All pictures: Screengrabs via Tito4re/YouTube
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