The result is a strange "shape-recovering liquid" that forms a Grecian urn shape no matter how much it is shaken. Certain liquids do not want to play together: for an easy example, oil and water.

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Researchers at UMass Amherst discovered a unique fluid that defies typical liquid behavior by remembering its shape after being ... like a pottery urn, due to strong magnetic interactions.