149K views · 640 reactions | Coast Guard officials say crews have recovered 3,150 gallons of oil and 5,360 feet of boom has been deployed after major oil spill off the Southern California coast. An estimated 126,000 gallons of oil leaked from an offshore facility. https://abcn.ws/2WIfVdS | ABC News | Facebook

Ever wonder why hair is so good at oil spills? It’s all in the physics. Each hair has thousands of microscopic scales that make oil stick (we call it adsorption). Think of each mat as a giant hair-sock for oil. In fact, Phillip McCrory’s original Pantyhose experiment left oil-free water after just minutes. Scaling up, he estimated that 25,000 lbs of hair could adsorb 170,000 gallons of crude – enough to mop up a major spill. In day-to-day cleanup, hair mats outperform plastics. A 1.1 lb hair mat