I asked grok what cornflakes are made out of....

peters · Post by **peters** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:27 am

Float a cornflake on water and you can move it around with a magnet.

It's the added iron.

alexh · Post by **alexh** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:42 am

peters wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:27 am Float a cornflake on water and you can move it around with a magnet. It's the added iron.

Wowsers. I had always assumed the iron would have been a compound or something but they actually add powdered metallic iron! Never knew that.

Post by **exxos** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:43 am

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:48 am

exxos wrote: Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:43 am Wow theres even a paper on it !

https://www.rrutc.msm.cam.ac.uk/system/ ... akes_0.pdf

Wow, that's mad.

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