At last scientists have figured out how to snap spaghetti into two pieces!

The force of the bend of a piece of spaghetti snaps it in the middle where it is most curved. The break then releases energy back down the pieces of spaghetti in a “snap-back” wave, breaking off smaller lengths of pasta. A team of mathematicians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology led by Jörn Dunkel has concluded it is possible  to snap a strand of spaghetti into just two pieces, provided you add a twist.

This video by Douglas Stith demonstrates how to snap spaghetti like a boss:

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More:  New Scientist