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Nut theory gets a shakedown

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Physics of muesli almost passes lab test.

Whether the first person to open the muesli, or the one who shakes out the last of it, gets all the nuts depends on how vigorously you shake the packet, and how full it is, say researchers in Germany.

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Ball, P. Nut theory gets a shakedown. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news030113-3

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