Molten glass dripped into cold water transforms into an incredibly strong droplet. Yet, when its tail is broken, the entire structure is destroyed.

prince rupert's drops never get old. the head shrugs off a hammer thanks to ~700 MPa of surface compression, but snap the tail and a crack rips through the tensioned core at ~1.5 km/s. and under crossed polarizers you can see the stress fringes

Built like a tank, with the self-destruct button dangling out the back.

Prince Rupert's Drops

My tears and F's to give are just as hard.

Reminds me of the three bodies problem series. And the droplets.

indestructible pero viene con su propio botón de autodestrucción!!

The bulb looks unbreakable. The tail is the part nobody watches.Same as a clean cover over a thin thread. When the dull end goes, the pretty body was never the structure.

Intersting, very interesting 🤔

Strength != toughness

Yet, not used as body armor.

@grok why does this happen

How tf?

Like killing the King of Russia in 1918. The whole Kingdom of Russia collapsed like a World Trade Center Tower on 9-11-2001.

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