I don't know what's going on here. All I know is that its cool and I don't know why.

I'm with you dw1117 - I'm far too thick to understand it fully.
Love the music aswell, makes me want to lie on a beach with a cocktail.

It's all about balance. When one side is lit and then the other, the wax on the first end burns first creating an imbalance and make the heavier end drop down. The heavier end then gets exposed to more heat and melts more wax and makes that side lighter This creates an occilation and the cycle repeats.

You see how my brain misses the blatantly obvious?

oh common how can you not remember this cool experiment from high school science classes? your teacher must've been real lame.. did you ever make ice cream? mix substances so that a big poop comes out?

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

- First Fig, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

My science teachers didn't do this.

My teachers didn't either. All I remember is learning the periodic table, boiling liquids over a bunsen burner and laughing at Mr.Davies' corduroy jacket.

the music and the slow maths really disturbed me.... somewhere the vid seems to go into a timelapse/sped up motion because those candles are either the cheapest i've ever seen or they burned about 5 times faster than normal.

I must have a split brain, because I kept switching between "Oooh! Oscillations!" and "Oooh! Pretty!".

Woa, that was kinda scary. Heh my physics teacher took a bowling ball, hanged it from the ceiling and did some physics to show us that it could be calculated to just barely touch the tip of your nose.

Then he asked for volunteer noses.

I heard somewhere that it was bad to burn the candle at both ends.

I didn't do this in science class either, but I remember some experiment with candles. The guy sitting next to me had a defective candle, and the whole candle (not just the wick) caught fire.

Cool.

I'd like to see it on a fixed axis so that the candle could burn completely.

should see if it works with a stick of dynamite

Most schools in the U. S. would most likely fire a teacher who tried to light anything in a public school besides the fuse on the powder keg if ignorance, nowadays. Recall when utility objects were fine for kids to carry to school, pocket knives were not brought out of pockets, sometimes the teacher would ask a student for one.

Anyhow, this experimenmt is why the figure of speech is so apprropriate...looky at what happens,... the poor candle is fucked!

lighting the fuse on the powder keg of innocence


You know, I hate poetry. I'm going to downvote all your videos now.

wow, this brings back memories. I did this in sixth grade once and thought it was stupid. Turns out it still is. But now knowing that I did it in sixth grade doesn't make me feel like I wasted time doing this later in life.

DD, if you're looking for tags on this one, neistat brothers might work ... this is their fourth vid on the Sift now, after all.

that's right ice2cu, that's why it's ok to burn shit you want to today.....carry on!

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late to the party ... but a little fyi for the math in the beginning ... he was trying to find the halfway point of a candle that is 9¼" long.

i don't know why i am telling this to a bunch of scholars ... probably too much wine tonight!!!

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Anyone know what the music is?

band called ratatat from their self-titled album.

*science

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