Word: milked
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...morning enigma of why cereal clings to the sides of a bowl of milk has finally been explained in a manner comprehensible to the average student...
...float on water, the water will not remain flat, but will instead form a bump or dimple, depending on the object’s weight. When two identical objects float close together, the change is more noticeable—two cheerios, for example, will cause slight dents in the milk and close together, will appear to “fall into” each other or form clumps...
...cheerios on the edge cling to the side of the bowl because the milk tends to dip upward due to the meniscus effect—the attraction between the liquid and the solid...
...noticed the ‘cheerio effect’ before,” said Charles C. Rinzler ’09. “But I just assumed it happened because of some part of the cheerio that was released when it mixed with milk...
...medicine compiled some four centuries ago that lists 461 animals with organs that purportedly have curative powers. They include the rapidly vanishing tiger and the unfortunate pangolin. According to the dictionary, pangolin scales can be "used to cure tumefaction [swelling], promote blood circulation and help breast-feeding mothers produce milk." If he wanted a more up-to-date answer, Jema'ah could also have asked Wei Hong, a Guangdong native in his mid-30s who developed a taste for pangolin meat when his father bought some 20 years ago in the hope of curing a skin disease. With the meat...