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Uploaded by on Aug 8, 2007

Balancing a fork and spoon on a toothpick on the edge of a drinking glass is physics, not magic.

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  • That was a wonderful physics + english lesson !

    Is it spelled *sticktion* ?

  • stiction (short for static friction)

  • Ha Ha, how many have fallen for this one! (real physicists would have used the terms mass or gravity, not weight). Nice trick!!!

  • I used the term weight because it is a force (mass x acceleration due to gravity), and in systems like this we discuss how the forces balance to achieve equilibrium.

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  • Its all about mass+static friction(stiction). Since the centre of gravity is the point where all the weight is located, the point where the spoons are attached to glass is their centre of gravity. Pardon my English. I liked her tits more than her lecture lol.

  • .. So THATS how spiderman climbs up buildings! it all makes sense!!

  • Well, who ever claimed that it was magic?

  • Shut up man, weight is a term used in physics as well.

    What an idiot...

  • AGH ur so wrong,, it the center of gravity DUMB DUMB!

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