What would happen if it rained oobleck?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Oobleck is a mix of cornstarch and water that can act like a solid or a liquid. On its own, it’s gloopy and squishy, but if you squeeze it, it turns into a solid ball in your hand! So what would happen if oobleck fell from the sky like rain? We asked meteorologist Ginger Zee to help us find the answer.
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| 0:40.3 | behind brains on this is the moment of um. |
| 0:44.7 | Moment of um. |
| 0:46.7 | Moment of um comes to you from APM studios. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm Spritz McLeod, Celebrity Meteorologist, |
| 0:58.0 | and I'm on the phone with my therapist. |
| 1:00.0 | Uh... |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, it's like I was saying, Doc. I keep having the same nightmare over and over. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm in the TV studio, ready to get a weather report and all the cameras are about to be on me. |
| 1:16.4 | I'm looking at the predictions for rain, snow, sunshine, all that jazz, but then it turns |
| 1:22.4 | out that the rain I had predicted has become something else. |
| 1:27.4 | It's different every time. |
| 1:29.2 | Sometimes it's paper clips, sometimes it's tiny little crabs that try to pinch my ears. |
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