Floating paperclip

Need: * clean dry paper clips * tissue paper * a bowl of water * pencil with eraser

Steps: 1. Fill the bowl with water
2. Try to make the paper clip float...not much luck, huh?
3. Tear a piece of tissue paper about half the size of a dollar bill
4. GENTLY drop the tissue flat onto the surface of the water
5. GENTLY place a dry paper clip flat onto the tissue (try not to touch the water or the tissue)
6. Carefully poke the tissue (not the paper clip) until the tissue sinks. With some luck, the tissue will sink and leave the paper clip floating!

Explanation:
How is this possible? With a little thing we call SURFACE TENSION. Basically it means that there is a sort of skin on the surface of water where the water molecules hold on tight together. If the conditions are right, they can hold tight enough to support your paper clip. The paperclip is not truly floating, it is being held up by the surface tension. Many insects, such as water striders, use this "skin" to walk across the surface of a stream.

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[idennedvideos2]

it is rubbish ass hole

[xXxGenasai]

nice XD it probaboly did that do to the perfect balance or a chemical from the paper :3