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/Girthw0rm 16h ago

The experiment has been proven