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Storm in a Teacup

the Physics of Everyday Life
Various people have conducted experiments where they have patiently pushed toast off tables many times, and it really does fall butter-side down far more often than it falls butter-side up. https://space.umd.edu/dch/p405s04/AJP00038.pdf === Most of us, however, find it very uncomfortable even to think about being really cold. So watching ducks waddle about barefoot on ice can be very puzzling. === A trebuchet could hurl 100-kg rocks over hundreds of metres. Siege engines like this contributed to the disappearance of motte-and-bailey castles (strategically useful but made only of wood and earth).