Why your toast falls butter side down:
Scientists finally uncover the reason... and it's all to do with the height of the table
It's a sticky issue that has plagued scientists – and breakfast tables – for decades.
But now researchers claim to have found the definitive answer as to why a piece of toast always seems to fall buttered side down.
Apparently, it’s all to do with the height of the table. They claim that after it topples off the edge, the toast only has time to perform a half-somersault before it lands.
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The phenomenon has baffled scientists and the public alike for almost 180 years.
It was discussed as long ago as 1835, in the New York Monthly Magazine.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2410532/Why-toast-falls-butter-Scientists-finally-uncover-reason--height-table.html#ixzz2dub1jyHW
I'm reminded of this :
The Cat & toast.
When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat’s back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system.
http://blog.pvl.co.uk/2012/12/the-cat-toast/
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The probability of carpet impact is determined by the following simple formula:
p = s * t(t)/tc
where p is the probability of carpet impact, s is the “stain” value of the toast-covering substance – an indicator of the effectiveness of the toast topping in permanently staining the carpet.
Chicken Tikka Masala, for example, has a very high s value, while the s value of water is zero. tc and t(t) indicate the tone of the carpet and topping – the value of p being strongly related to the relationship between the colour of the carpet and topping, as even chicken tikka masala won’t cause a permanent and obvious stain if the carpet is the same colour.
It still only does a half flip. But now you've got sticky, sugary, yummy stuff on your floor. And you don't get to eat the toast.
Nota bene: It's a well known scientific fact that orange marmalade cancels the five second rule. You drop it? You're done.
the butter makes it concave
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