Quicksand can occur due to a number of conditions, but the patch in Popham Beach is thought to have been from a series of winter storms that softened sand in the area.

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 ...

A daily selection of syndicated political cartoons includes the work of Robert Arial, Clay Bennett, Chip Bok, Steve Benson, Mike Lukovich, Pat Oliphant and Tom Toles.

The grains of the cornflour in the oobleck are irregularly shaped and range in size from 5 to 20 microns (0.005 to 0.02 millimeters), which is typical of quicksand and other non-Newtonian fluids.