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Water jet with a kink

If a plastic rod is rubbed against a pullover made of wool and moved towards a water jet, something surprising will happen. The water jet will be deflected as if by magic but the rod and the water do not touch.

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Das Wasser wird durch den Plastikstab abgelenkt.

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