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h0SZZTBQmEs • Spinning Disk Trick
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Kind: captions Language: en [Applause] here I have a disc of wood with a hole cut out of it now most people know an object like this will tend to hang heavy side down but check this out I'm going to spin the disc and watch what happens to the hole it goes to the bottom even though it's lighter it goes down how does that make any sense it's like the center of mass of this disc is moving up let's try it again just make sure it wasn't a fluke no the hole goes to the bottom the lighter part goes to the bottom well let me try spinning it with the lighter part already at the bottom will it flip does it just flip now this time the hole stays there so the hole clearly wants to be at the bottom while it's spinning but why is that well I don't want to give you the answer right away so make me a video response and I'll pick the best video response and I'll put it in my explanation video so subscribe to find out how this works oh [Music] [Laughter] [Music] n [Music]