What If You Jumped Into a Pool of Liquid Mercury?

This shiny metal is constantly in a liquid state. This is mercury. We normally see this metal in tiny quantities. But what would happen if we took thousands of liters (quarts) of it and filled a pool entirely with liquid mercury? And then, what if you jumped into it? What would liquid mercury do to your skin? How would it affect your brain? And could you swim in it?

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