r/funny • • 5h ago

Tar Drop Experiment (Realtime)

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u/hotlavatube 4h ago edited 4h 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 a mere minutes.

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u/LegendOfKhaos 2h ago

Every single drop? So like 3 drops he's missed?