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Window glass is not a very viscous liquid, it is an amorphous solid.

Why it is true

The myth that glass flows over the centuries comes from old windows that are thicker at the bottom. This happened because the manufacturing methods of the time created glass sheets with irregular thicknesses.

Source: Corning Museum of Glass

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