When you have a device (e.g., remote control) that's low on battery power, why does turning the batteries around a bit actually seem to help sometimes in squeezing a bit more energy out? 🤔 #physics #electronics #chemistry

@gruifor Physicist here. Inside the batteries are very small hamsters running in very small hamster wheels. Spinning the battery about its axis makes the wheels turn a little, which stirs the hamsters to run some more.

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