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Liquid Ping Pong in Space by Scott Kelly (fedia.io)
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Source is YouTube. No pressure, but I'm testing this against a different floating ball of water that I crossposted in [email protected] . Good luck!

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Dancing T-handle in zero-g (fedia.io)
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The intermediate axis theorem states that an object can rotate around its longest axis or its shortest axis without trouble, but stable rotation around its intermediate axis will be impossible. It's hard to observe this on Earth, but Dr. Ben Longmier asked an ISS astronaut to try this for YouTube. Now it's the first post on [email protected] ! It only took 19 months.