Utah government officials have published a safety notice about quicksand after a hiker became stuck. Earlier this month the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Utah said in a Facebook post people ...

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In his stand-up comedy special "New in Town," comedian John Mulaney joked about the oversaturation of quicksand on childhood TV shows: "I always thought that quicksand was going to be a much bigger ...

As a child, I knew two things about quicksand: that it’s a go-to peril for cartoon characters in jungles, and that in real life, it’s only sticky if you treat it like a solid. Pretend it’s water, and ...