Many of us have seen the first incredible viral video by Veritasium showing what happens to a basketball rotating and let go from a lofty height. The unexpected curving and trajectory is known as the magnus effect. Aside from looking cool apparently it has many uses and is currently being used in many applications today.

Let’s find out what inventions are using the magnus effect on page 2.

And we also included an original basketball video showing the physics trick also on the next page

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