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	If you have oil on the surface of a dirty pot and you add washing up liquid, why is it that all the oil shoots to the side? Stephan in New Zealand
	Well it's exactly the same as what you heard in Kitchen Science this evening. The washing up liquid disrupts the surface tension and makes the oil shoot across your pot.
	May 2006

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