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Friction Myth

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In a recreation of the Mythbusters experiment, Ed and Steve try to pull apart two Digi-Key catalogs held together by nothing but the friction between their interleaved pages.

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Ha, that's great. I would have thought the pages would slide right past each other.

Posted 1 year by Anonymous User

funy

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scolton

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