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April 28, 2022 01:24 pm GMT

Scientists invent 3D-printable Oreometer to figure out why Oreo frosting only sticks to one side

Why do we twist Oreos apart and why does the creme always only stick to one of the separated cookie wafers?!

A team of mechanical engineering students at MIT decided to get to the bottom of this conundrum. MIT News:

In an experiment that they would repeat for multiple cookies of various fillings and flavors, the researchers glued an Oreo to both the top and bottom plates of a rheometer and applied varying degrees of torque and angular rotation, noting the values that successfully twisted each cookie apart.

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