“Blowing out a candle is so 2015,” YouTube user Dianna Cowern jokes in the video below. Which is why the creator of Physics Girl found some considerably more interesting ways to extinguish a candle. In under six minutes, she runs down five unorthodox ways to put out a fire, from using a tight copper coil to blowing around a soccer ball. Watch Cowern break down the science of each method, and for more experiments, visit her YouTube page.
The 5 funniest ways to blow out your birthday candles
By NTD Newsroom