Why Do Wet Floors Slip, But Wet Clothes Stick?

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The first 200 viewers to sign up at www.brilliant.org/scishow will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and be supporting SciShow. A freshly-mopped floor is slippery, but a wet shirt is super-clingy... so what's the deal? Why can water make some things slick and other things sticky? Hosted by: Stefan Chin Head to scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Jerry Perez, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali. Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2503398 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0040517516639827 www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2005-02/1108155445.Ph.r.html www.floortraction.com/blog/caution-slippery-when-wet www.srmax.com/education/blog/what-makes-a-shoe-slip-resistant www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae543.cfm www.explainthatstuff.com/goretex.html

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