Why is it that water doesn’t overflow for a little bit after already having passed the capacity of the glass?

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I was going to fill a glass with water and while doing so, I lost attention until it reached a point where it was more than the capacity the glass could take and it didn’t overflow, I stopped it just in time to witness it going above the glass but not spilling. This has made me so confused and I thought I was seeing things. I’m sure there’s some science behind it but googling it did not give me an answer I could understand.

(I’m adding the “physics” post flair to this because I think this comes under physics. I may be very wrong though. Please let me know if I am.)

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Anonymous 0 Comments

This will probably get removed because it’s short, but 2 words: surface tension.

This was demonstrated on a penny with droplets of water which created a done before finally spilling. Water is pretty cool that way

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