Walk on Mercury?

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From: Hugh Goldie
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 14:46

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I hope this is a new question --I haven't been on the net long.  I heard this
on a local radio station, but have not heard a good answer yet:

If your swimming pool was filled with mercury, could you walk on it?  (What 
would happen if you tried it?)

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