stackyFACTSThrowing a stick and expecting it to come back feels like magic, but it is just aggressive physics. A boomerang is essentially a set of spinning airplane wings. Because the top wing cuts through the air faster than the retreating bottom wing, uneven lift causes it to aggressively bank into a circular return path.
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