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In 1927, a physics professor named Thomas Parnell launched an experiment on viscous liquids. 85 years later, we're still waiting for his results. It all began with a funnel, a beaker, and some melted ...

'Pitch drop experiment' is a drop experiment of a very viscous fluid called 'pitch'. It's extremely sticky (it's better to say it's sticky rather than sticky). The liquid that doesn't seem to move ...