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Incredible Slo-Mo Footage Of The Tiny Lightning Produced When You Crush A Wintergreen Lolly
Video: You may have heard the myth that biting into a Wint-O-Green Lifesavers produces visible sparks in a dark room. It’s hard to believe that a small lolly can produce its own lightning, but this incredible high-speed video by Smarter Every Day reveals it’s just simple science at work.
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Think You Know Basic Physics? This Balloon Will Prove You Wrong
When you have a balloon floating in a car and start driving, instead of getting thrown back, it actually flies forward. What? Are balloons immune to inertia? Is physics broken? Nope. As SmarterEveryDay explains, it actually makes perfect sense, as science always does.