Saturday, January 31, 2026

The Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream Mystery



Some observed that when a chocolate ice cream cone sideswipes a vanilla ice cream cone, both of them end up with a bit of each other. Others of the TikTok generation rushed out to replicate the experiment because, hey, ice cream! James Orgill of the Action Lab explains why they don't just mix together and why it's always both cones involved.

I must admit he almost lost me in the middle of the video. I understand laminar flow, but not so much quantum physics and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. But hang on, because all he's explaining there is what's not happening. Then he compares the two ice cream cones to planets colliding and it all becomes clear. Still, all I could think of during this video is the old Reece's campaign: "You got your peanut butter on my chocolate! You got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" Because after all, these ice creams are two great tastes that taste great together.   


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