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The tiny metal argument that launches your toast

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Your breakfast is held hostage by two pieces of metal that fundamentally hate each other. A bimetallic strip consists of two different alloys sandwiched together that expand at entirely different rates when heated. As it gets hot, the resulting argument forces the strip to bend into a curve, eventually tripping a mechanical latch that angrily launches your bread into the air.

The tiny metal argument that launches your toast
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