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Water Maze

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In his recent video, Steve Mould asks, "Can water solve a maze?"

With a small maze, the water quickly fills the correct path because surface tension and air pressure won't let it flow into the "wrong" ones.

Larger mazes allow for some missteps, but water still finds the path. Eventually, though, friction in the maze is too great for the driving pressure and flow stops.

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