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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Water molecules have a positively charged side and negatively charged side. The molecules that make up the fabric *also* have a mix of positively charged and negatively charged sections. Opposite charges attract, causing the fabric to literally pull the water up into itself, further and further through the empty spaces in between the individual fabric threads. The relevant search term is “capillary action”.
Gravity is not an especially strong force, and is *routinely* and pretty easily “defied” by electromagnetism. See also: every magnet on your fridge.
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