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Mythbusters tried this experiement and found that that wasn't true.
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butterside down? i dont understand, lol, my toast I take out of the toaster and put it on my plate, haha
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It is caused by an automatic reflex to catch it. The brain also thinks it will land butter side up so it makes a split second adjustment which causes the hand to strike the edge and flip it over. In other words..I haven't a clue, I just know mine ALWAYS does.
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It doesn't always land butter-side down, but experiments (e.g. on MythBusters) have shown that it does so more often than not. The reason is that the dimensions/mass/aerodynamics of a typical bread slice and the height of a typical dining table are such that a bread slice will tend to do a half-flip as it falls from the edge of the table to the floor. Since most people put their toast on the table butter-side up, this tends to be the down-facing side once it falls of the table. MythBusters also dropped buttered toast from a much greater height (20+ feet?) and found that the results were essentially random.
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The weight of the butter on one side makes it flip over. This is actually BS, but it's better than the other explanations!
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i have to say, i don't recall ever dropping my toast. i know that it seems unnecessary to post to say i don't drop it. but you have to wonder if i'm more dextrous (statistically and historically, i would not propose that as a theory). so more importantly, why are there so many people who drop their toast? where is the dropping occuring? perhaps it's the fact that most plates have no "traction" or edges, and people are moving the plate too fast. or is the toast being "knocked off" a stationary surface? or is it children involved? statistics drive me insane, because you never know the additional circumstances. (i think too much.)
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