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Under a large lake is an empty pipe 100km long (holding a low vacuum). The hatch is opened and the fluid enters the pipe. How does the water arrive at the end of the pipe? Is it a wall of water, or a trickle that gradually rises to fill the pipe?

by /u/Telope in /r/askscience

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