Every time you try to break a piece of spaghetti in half, it shatters everywhere, usually into 3, 4 or even 5 pieces. This may seem like a fairly simple fact of life, but the reason this happens has actually puzzled scientists for decades.
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Edited by Myles Adoh-Phillips
Written by Trevor English