Spin A CD Too Quickly And Something Incredible Happens

Spin A CD Too Quickly And Something Incredible Happens

CDs are designed to be spun around, it's the very reason for their existence, but what happens if you take things too far?

Thankfully YouTube's 'The Slow Mo Guys' are on hand to find out what happens when you push the iconic CD beyond breaking point.

According to the guys A CD's critical spin rate is around 23,000rpm, so to test that they naturally took the motor from a Dyson which can spin at up to 80,000rpm. Sure.

The results are pretty spectacular to say the least, and thanks to the camera recording at a whopping 170,000 frames per second, you won't have to worry about missing a single thing.

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