Why Does Toast with Butter Always Land Butter-Side Down?

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The phenomenon of toast landing butter-side down is explored through the lens of physics, specifically referencing the paper by Bacon, Heald, and James. The discussion humorously suggests an experiment involving a cat and toast to illustrate the principles of angular momentum and gravity. The consensus is that the toast's tendency to flip during a fall is influenced by its initial orientation and the height from which it is dropped. This topic has been widely debated and analyzed in various forums and studies.

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why does side with butter always lands when a toast with butter on one side is thrown?
 
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See http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~mfuhrer/course/spr02/AJP/AJP00038.pdf" by Bacon, Heald and James, which gives further references.
 
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So if you tie a butter and jam( to increase the tendancy) piece of toast to the back of a cat that you then throw out a window, will the cat land on its feet or will the toast land with the buttered side down?
 
This topic has been done soooo many times.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cat_toast_swirl.gif

Still cute though. (thank you 256bits for giving me the chance to post the antigravity cat again)
 

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