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Egg Mystery Cracked

NPR
Published March 26, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

In a gravity-defying move, rapidly revolving hard-boiled eggs will push themselves upright and spin like a top. NPR's Joe Palca explains the science for All Things Considered.

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