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When Australian science teacher Jacob Strickling isn't in the classroom, he's making awesome ASMR videos for his YouTube channel Make Science Fun. In this fascinating video, he's demonstrating the properties of a very expensive liquid called Ferrofluid. With Ferrofluid, you can use a magnet to create all sorts of cool reactions, but...what if you could do it for a fraction of the cost? Watch as Mr. Strickling tests a far more affordable alternative to Ferrofluid: A can of magnetic paint!

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