My favorite is the Dzhanibekov Effect, have a tennis racket?
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Dzhanibekov- or Tennis racket effect is what happens when an object with three diferent moments of inertia doesnt spin around the axis with highest or lowest moment of inertia. The object starts to wobble and flips around, stabilizes for a moment, flips back and repeats. If it doesnt sound exciting then watch
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The CIA-redacted Adam & Eve story -- the poles flip and flop back and it's buried in the noise over the long haul.
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