Scientists discover why toast falls butter side down
Scientists have discovered how to stop your toast landing butter-side down - by spreading it correctly.
A team of researchers from TV show Mythbusters discovered that if you press firmly and quickly with the knife as you spread, the surface of the bread changes.
A dip is created on the toast which then affects the way it falls reports the BBC.
In tests this type of buttering method meant the toast landed butter-side up 29 times out of 50.
Presenters of Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman said: "Just like when a leaf falls from a tree, it will always have a tendency to land with the curved sides up."
2007-01-25 10:04:15
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answered by Bored Enough To Be Here 6
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My cats hate you already lol however the blunders on your query is on fantasy Busters the dropped an entire lotta toast and unquestionably there grew to become into no butter facet down consequence it got here out surprisingly lots 50 / 50. So now you have basically made a large number for not something. yet i'm curious if yo u tie a penny to a cat and drop it off the sears tower will it bypass via some ones cranium? basically kidding that theory is incorrect additionally, optimal speed messes it up.
2016-12-16 17:21:27
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answered by richer 3
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This is because the weight of the butter turns the bread while in motion, and is then purely weighted to this heavier side, and unable to turn again, as there is no opposing mass to do so. The same as a throwing knife has a weighted blade so each time it is thrown it hits blade first.
2007-01-25 10:10:12
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answered by Lee 1
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It doesnt always, in an controlled experiment the results are about 60 - 40 in the favor of buttered side down
2007-01-25 10:05:14
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answered by thankspeeps 2
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Tables are a certain height for our use. The toast flips one and a half times before reaching the floor, hence the butter side down!
If the tables were lower or higher it wouldn't happen!
2007-01-25 10:06:30
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answered by Anonymous
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In the distance it has to fall, from counter top or table top, it makes approximately one half a revolution. If this distance was much greater, it would land butter side up.
2007-01-25 10:04:49
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answered by sparbles 5
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In pure probability terms,it has a fifty-fifty chance of landing butter-side down.Human nature is to focus on when things go wrong and ignore many things that go right in a day.When we shift our focus to positive things,negative things lose their power to alter our reality.Avoid limiting-words, like Always and Never.Is your glass half-empty or half-full?Brush it off and eat it,if your floor is reasonably clean and focus on something positive like having food to eat.
2007-01-25 10:15:23
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answered by kevin k 5
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because the bread is heavier on the side with the butter
2007-01-25 10:02:45
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answered by Anonymous
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and cats always land feet down. what happens when you strap the buttered toast onto a cat? surely the opposing forces would make the cat hover????
2007-01-25 10:06:58
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answered by Anonymous
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The weight of the butter.
2007-01-25 10:02:20
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answered by Diamond in the Rough 6
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