: sceintific reason :
A drop of ink spreads over blotting paper.
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It is because of capillary action.As blotting paper has large number of pores,these pores act as capillary tubes and spread the ink.
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it is due to cappilary rise .it causes the ink to soak upwards..u can see the same mechanismin filling ink in fountain pen....for more details refer class 11 physics text
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