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I had been told by a teacher as a child that it was impossible to break an egg by squeezing with one fist. Ideal curve and distribution of the force and all that. In college I repeated this at some point, and my friend called bullshit.
"Try it then," I said.
"No, because then my hand will be all messy. I don't need convincing, YOU try it."
It's true, I never had, because who gives an egg to a kid to just smash?
So I tried it, and not only did it break, but the shell bits cut my hand. Maybe the teacher meant that it was unlikely for a kid's hand to be able to break the egg, since it did take a fair amount of force. Or maybe she just loved the idea of 25 kids going home and getting yolk all over their hands.
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