How Capillary Action Actually SAVED My Life!

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]I'll die of thirst if I don't get some water today. My only water source is this glass jar. The opening's too small to scoop water. Will I really die here just from thirst? I can't accept this fate. I must save myself. I dropped my two marbles to raise the water, but two weren't enough. I even tried reaching in, but I'm too short. I'm weakening from dehydration. My throat is parched, but all I can do is stare at the jar.

[00:00:23]But then I remembered something.

[00:00:25]Capillary action draws water downward. I put a glass by the jar, then dip [music] toilet paper into the water. One end of the paper goes in the jar, and the other end goes into the glass. Capillary action pulls water from the jar into the glass. In [music] hours, the glass filled up. Science saved me from thirst.