Snapping Spaghetti

There is a long history regarding the physics of spaghetti breaking, dating back to the days of physicist Richard Feynman. In short, when you snap a piece of spaghetti, you nearly always get more than two pieces... and reasoning behind this is still being worked on today. You can even find some recent peer-reviewed research articles on the matter. Anyhow, I wanted to see this for myself at high speed in slow motion, so I took the Phantom v2640 camera and snapped some different types of spaghetti. In order to capture the rotation during the breaking, I added some small markers on their surfaces with a fine point sharpie.
If scientists/enthusiasts want the raw data for computational analysis for a paper/ thesis, I'm happy to provide. I keep all the metadata, experimental details, and RAW pixel data. I personally would love for people to do full-field digital image correlation to get full-field strain/vibration. That sort of analyses should provide some much needed insight into this particular area of research.
Other content on matter:
(1) Destin always an inspiration: Smarter Every Day Episode 127
(2) news.mit.edu/2018/mit-mathema...
(3) Fragmentation of Rods by Cascading Cracks: Why Spaghetti Does Not Break in Half
Basile Audoly and Sébastien Neukirch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 095505
Enjoy!

[@Tondon..]

This is the kind of video you get recommended after watching a single slowmo clip

[@feinky8489]

it is, for everybody

[@hapybom]

wow

[@hagridussr]

from Fly speed reaction

[@jimmehtaro]

@@hagridussr same

[@-sh]

@@hagridussr same

[@Randomfacts_mufafi]

Pov, you just watched reaction time of a fly.

[@legweg1149]

Yes

[@birb3538]

how do you know

[@blackmesasecurity5043]

True dat

[@yuuki7749]

bro ????? same 💀💀💀

[@bicepslover3311]

I'm scared how accurate you arem

[@owenjackson2390]

Great, that fly got me all these recommend to me now

[@danielbueno8474]

I feel like if you could send this video back in time, Microsoft would use it as a wallpaper for Windows 98.

[@BuoBuoLi]

We need an Italian"s reaction video ...... at High Frame Rates

[@thefirstjim]

tears

[@kdgilroy4]

i think i could make that happen :]

[@kidxclusive]

🤌🏻

[@pollo_da5778]

ahahhahahah

[@Andrea83234]

as an Italian I can point out that the one at 0.20 is not called spaghetti but linguine

[@nw9634]

I like how in the last one one of the pieces seems to move so little

[@VarnasL]

Buying long spaghetti pasta to break it in half? It's like going to the brothel and give a hug...

[@danurkresnamurti3598]

Well. I prefer break it. Because it is boiled faster

[@orichumo]

it was made in the name of science

[@marcex883]

@@danurkresnamurti3598 as an italian i'm slowly dying inside

[@bennymountain1]

Hey, no kink shaming, okay?

[@jacksonsmith2955]

that's honestly kind of cute tho

[@matiascoco99]

Great explanation about the spaghetti problem. If you think about recreating the same experiment by making it x times bigger. It would always brakes the same way i supose

[@RichhyyyRiichhhhh593]

Never knew this was my problem.

[@user-qh5yt3pl5v]

As a spaghetti i asume we got some problems

[@bicepslover3311]

I came from the fly video.

[@iwatchsomevideos]

“Why’s it look burnt, did you drop it in dirt”

[@user-gp7uf1us9j]

This will be my screensaver for the next 10 years

[@klaudio07041985]

"Smarter every day" did a great video about the topic

[@isaihgloria7346]

Why is this a problem, this is cool as hell

[@matteolapi4225]

very kind of you, algorithm

[@majeszyk]

This video is underrated btw

[@francescocolasanti6245]

I feel the cries of my ancestors!!!

[@iercan1234]

thanks this changed my life

[@crispinotechgaming]

as a pc gamer i was very confused by the title

[@Jhulinare]

Italians everywhere are breathing heavily.

[@petejones482]

I saw some linguine in there 👀

[@onesoul8339]

Why does it break in 3 or 4 part and not in two parts ? :")

[@darkjanggo]

first a fly, now spaghetti!

[@sundalongpinoy8100]

A lot of Italians were harmed in this video.

[@danurkresnamurti3598]

So what is the problem?

[@smatchimo645]

somebody snap'a my spaghett!

[@Fort976]

**confused Italian screaming**

[@redspirit08]

What is the problem?

[@leonard.8309]

Alternative title:
When introverts start a relationship

[@denisx3]

As italian I'm suffering and this is painful

[@nuttynut722]

come on, at least there no pineapple here

[@IfYoureReadingThis.BlessYou.]

At first it looked like that one game u need to find the hidden stars :,)

[@panik805]

The Italians aren’t too happy about this

[@bangjaya1012]

Somebody Snap my Sphagettt

[@chrisbilling]

I see no problem

[@austinhall3937]

Me playing the video at 0.25 speed:
*victory is mine*

[@Z-Ack]

Only problem is they made smaller noodle..

[@erhan1255]

*Italian screeching*

[@dance5982]

whats seems to be-a the problem 'ere?

[@gabrielp1306]

I don't get it, what's the problem?

[@r0lfu_]

fly vid

[@BLUELEADER78]

I will see you all in 9 years

[@MonsterDOT]

This video it's prohibited in Italy

[@WerewolfMaster]

Not a problem

[@wolvrana1964]

*0:24* le thanos perfectly balanced

[@bryancalle7352]

*Mama Mia!*

[@aelinnotalien5580]

Ooga booga

[@androidedecarne5818]

I did not know breaking pasta was so interesting to watch.

[@devinbrongo5613]

The frame rate in this video is as high as I was when I took shrooms and was convinced I died

[@traveldavid6085]

SPAGHEET

[@Rudixxx]

My bone last year for no reason at all :

[@samevans4834]

How has your recovery been?

[@Rudixxx]

@@samevans4834 vert good actually , the doctor said it looked like nothing ever happened

[@ocsweaponry3780]

Any body come here from watching the fly reaction video where a guy shot an orange with a bow?

[@ahmedfawzy7195]

Italians: 😡

[@joblo497]

Flying spaghetti is a most monstrous proposition

[@blast507.]

it's spag hetti

[@xSephironx]

Ok now try breaking it at low frame rates

[@ahmet8266]

I don't see any problem here

[@BornHandy]

Smarter every day ripoff?

[@carzone4570]

any italians here?

[@adrianyeager6463]

What am I doing with my life ..

[@enderdiego6522]

I'm Italian...

[@yman8012]

All came here after see fly video

[@mcombatti]

Try Italian style pasta - flour, olive oil, egg based - naturally warm or sun dried...not the semolina store bought stuff. Real homemade pasta snaps at it's weakest spot, and sometimes, will result in many pieces... Brittle pasta has been over-worked...a product of machine made pasta with unconventional ingredients... **And for the title, this is not spaghetti... It's a linguini 🤣🤣🤣 maybe with an angel hair

[@ballisticcranberrypeat7777]

StArch nerD

[@darthvader5558]

Italians after watching this video - 😀🔪

[@user-im2hq4eh1b]

What the fuck are these black points on spaghetti pieces?

[@munkustrap79]

In Italy breaking spaghetti is considered an insult (no joke), expecially when cooking, because it means you're not able to cook

[@Zuion_Art]

i hate trypophobia

[@ChrisFeeBacon]

Eminem would dislike this

[@gregorius4648]

This is why splitting a spaghetti is such a waste.
-Italians

[@vxxiii4160]

This is classified as a torture video in Italy

[@miketheyunggod2534]

Yes. Here I am. fascinated by spaghetti snapping in slo motion. I'm just a loser.

[@andreas.9175]

Che cazz.. 🤬

[@paolo7364]

that's linguine not spaghetti

[@snowfox94]

THIS IS FROM SMARTER EVERY DAY. Leave credit and stop stealing videos

[@bloodycheeseinsidemyass]

🤌 you lost without the sauce