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by knodi123 3985 days ago
The urban legend says that it's like pitch; if you put it in the can, it will slowly fill the bottom of the can, but it will take many centuries since it flows so slowly.

This is not true, but it means your test would not convince anybody of anything.

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It should be convincing, because the test specifies a time limit in the range of a couple of minutes.