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= Pitch drop experiment
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The Pitch Drop Experiment is a famous long-term physics experiment that illustrates the properties of extremely viscous liquids, specifically pitch, a tar-like substance derived from the distillation of organic materials. The experiment was first set up in 1927 by physicist Thomas Parnell at the University of Queensland, Australia.

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