here's something to make people think im smart. ((=

HAVE YOU NOTICED??

that you cannot bend dry spaghetti and have it break into 2 pieces?

bending dry spaghetti will result in it breaking into at least 3 pieces.

fascinating!

many scientists have tried to explain this strange phenomenon.

Releasing an elastic brittle rod(suc has dry spaghetti) from a bent configuration is sufficient to make it break. This counter-intuitive result explains why brittle rods break in several pieces when bent beyond their limit curvature: a first breaking occurs when the curvature exceeds its limit value in some place, after which, as described above, flexural waves travel along the two newly formed halves of the rod, where they locally increase the curvature further. This increase leads to new breakings that give rise to new travelling waves, and a cascade mechanism can take place.

*heh, must look professional with all these 'chim' diagrams which frankly i only pretend to understand.

makes ya think doesnt it??

TRY IT YOURSELF!!