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Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string (2008 Ig Nobel)

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Long, 3.0-m string tumbled at one revolution per second for 10 sec in a smaller 0.1x0.1x0.1-m. box. From supplementary information of "Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string,"
Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith, PNAS October 16, 2007 vol. 104 no. 42 16432-16437. This paper and research has won the 2008 Ig Nobel in Physics.

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  • Cool it won a gag prize.

    So?

  • lol what? I didn't see it knot...

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