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		Kenji on Oct 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole... a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour) Now, you wouldn't call that slow as molasses.

a3n on Oct 24, 2016 [–]

No, that is exactly slow as molasses, by demonstration. It is the observed speed of a specific mass of molasses under observed conditions.

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