YouTube channel Smarter Every Day examines a Prince Rupert's Drop, which is a quickly-cooled glob of glass, and the strange physical properties of them. Slow-motion video shows us how really strange and cool this glass is! Of course, there's a perfectly logical explanation that's just as neat as the demonstrations. You don't want to try this at home. -via Metafilter
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Possibly the first time on the internet, but I read about it in a science magazine about 20 years ago. One of the coolest things I've seen.
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1.03 miles/second is around mach 5!
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THANK YOU!!! :)
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I should fix the formatting on that page.
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