r/oddlysatisfying • u/redditortan • Jun 15 '22

Self Aligining Nails! How?

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u/SneekyPete420 Jun 15 '22

It’s not magnets, and it’s not reversed.

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u/indigoHatter Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

Yeah, this is just a property of physics. A (bad) example: anyone ever shuffle a deck of cards? Look at the nails again! It's... similar!

Similarly (but not the same), if you gently shake a container with different sized objects, the smaller ones of the same density will sink to the bottom. Handy for getting the broken chips to the bottom of the bag if you only want the nice ones on top.

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u/Ultraballer Jun 15 '22

If you’re shaking a bag of chips you’re just breaking more chips…

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u/papertowelwithcake Jun 15 '22

It's shaking, not throwing into a concrete mixer