how water can defy gravity

Question

I recently soaked my sons onesie overnight in water and oxiclean. The legs and feet were sticking out of the bowl onto the counter. The next morning most of the water had traveled up and out though the legs (this bowl was not short either, it was part
Of our salad spinner.)

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Answer 1

The answers are correct that capillary actions are to blame. But it might interest you and others that given an even more perfect liquid than water, this can even happen _without_ the cloth! [Welcome to the world of superfluid helium!](https://youtu.be/2Z6UJbwxBZI?si=AIs-zhFjms8KaSag&t=60)