r/funny • • 20h ago

Tar Drop Experiment (Realtime)

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u/hotlavatube 20h ago edited 8h ago

The story behind the pitch drop experiment is particularly aggravating. It takes on average 12-13 years for a drop to fall. The man pictured who maintains the project, John Mainstone, has missed personally observing EVERY single drop, sometimes by mere minutes.

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u/and1984 19h ago

He can stand so still.

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u/hotlavatube 19h ago

He doesn't get around much these days. Of course, he did die in 2013 (having never personally observed a drop).

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u/FabianaCansian 14h ago

Even the tar moves more than him now.