Veritasium
tv show
45 total episodes
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15 seasons
An element of truth
First Aired August 15, 2010
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Overview
An element of truth | Science and engineering videos Veritasium is a channel of science and engineering videos featuring experiments, expert interviews, cool demos, and discussions with the public about everything science.
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Egg Experiment to Demonstrate Inertia
Season 2 - Episode 8 - 0h 1m
Air Date
February 09, 2011
Overview
If you spin a raw egg and then stop it, it will start spinning again without you having to touch it. A boiled egg, on the other hand, stops and stays stopped. Why is this? Well, a raw egg contains a yolk that moves inside the egg independently of the shell. If you stop the shell, the yolk inside continues to move due to its inertia and it, therefore, gets the egg spinning again.