This is how the Assassin’s Teapot works that they used in Ancient China to poison (video)

If you want to poison someone without their suspicion, or just prepare a good magic trick for a birthday party or a gathering of friends, you need a Killer’s Teapot.

Unfortunately, the human being is very good at inventing ways to kill others. One of the most curious we have seen is the classic Assassin’s Teapot.

According to legend, this teapot it was used in China hundreds of years ago to poison an enemy. The victim was invited to tea, and two cups were served from the same pot. The victim’s tea was poisoned, but the killer’s was not.. Although the victim is suspicious, seeing how the host has drunk the tea from the same pot, she will think that it is a normal tea. Big mistake…

There is no fancy mechanism inside. Everything works thanks to the laws of physics. Take a look at this video to see if you discover the trick…

The Assassin’s Teapot they also use it heMagicians at magic tricks. They use water with dye and get three different liquids, since when mixing two of them, a third color is obtained.

It can also be used for play a prank at a gathering of friends, serving tea or coffee to taste, or to amaze children at a birthday party. No poisoning people!

doHow the Killer Teapot works? As we have mentioned, there are no tricks here. It is pure science.

Inside the teapot there are actually two compartmentsand each of them has a hole through which air enters. If you cover the hole, the liquid does not come out. So depending on where you place your fingers while you serve the tea, the liquid will come out of one or another compartment:

The youtuber Steve Mould, offers a detailed Scientific explanation. the key is in the atmospheric pressure of the air. When the air circulates through the hole the liquid comes out of the kettle.

When we plug the hole a kind of vacuum is created in the compartment due to atmospheric pressureand the liquid does not fall.

It is the same principle that makes a drink goes up the straw when we drink. We think that it is because we are absorbing the liquid through the straw, but this is not the case: in reality it is the atmospheric pressure itself that pushes the liquid up through the tube.

If you liked the idea, Assassin’s Teapot original they sell it in the british store great illusions for about 90 eurosand ship to the EU.