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IIRC wasn't the scientific answer something to do with the porous nature of
marble. I believe in the UK, one scientist demonstrated this on a statue of
Queen Victoria, showing it too would absorb milk, appearing to magically
'drink' it.
I just wondered if it hit the US, coz there's quite a big ex-pat Hindu
community in the UK.
Vincent
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> From: Wade T.Smith
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> On 05/07/01 11:14, Vincent Campbell said this-
>
> >(one of interest to me
> >is the Hindu, Ganesh milk-drinking statues, "miracle" that went round the
> >world about 5or 6 years ago- did that hit the US?).
>
> It was discussed at some length on the skeptic list I am on, mostly
> because we wanted to get a debunker into one of these sites.
>
> There was a hindu skeptic who did get in, as I recall, only to find
> nothing out of the prosaic, which was of course expected. But don't quote
> me on this....
>
> - Wade
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