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29August 2025

Riddle Me This: Fans and Ping Pong

August 29th, 2025|Categories: Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers|2 Comments

A large fan is mounted to the ceiling of a factory. It’s turned off and perfectly still. An engineer climbs up and places a ping pong ball on top of one of the blades. Then she turns on the fan remotely. The ball does not fall. Why not?

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