Article 77AMH Toast really does land butter-side down, and physics explains why

Toast really does land butter-side down, and physics explains why

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Ellsworth Toohey
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For more than a century, people have grumbled that dropped bread always lands butter-side down and chalked it up to plain pessimism. When the BBC science show Q.E.D. tossed toast into the air in 1991, it landed butter-down only half the time - exactly what chance predicts. - Read the rest

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