Shorts: Quicksaaaand!
Shorts: Quicksaaaand!
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For many of us, quicksand was once a real fear — it held a vise-grip on our imaginations, from childish sandbox games to grown-up anxieties about venturing into unknown lands. But these days, quicksand can’t even scare an 8-year-old. In this short, we try to find out why.