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A Box Jumping In and Out of a Speeding Truck Brings the Amazement and the LOLs

Styrofoam box jumps in and out of speeding truck on the highway 7 photos
Photo: Twitter / @tw_kotsujiko
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You don’t have to be a full-time, professional driver to witness some of the strangest, most surprising things falling out of moving vehicles: boxes, pieces of plywood, animals, mattresses, litter, actual human beings, you name it.
This is entirely something else, not because of the nature of the object in question but because of its behavior, imposed by external circumstances. A new viral video is here to deliver the amazement and the LOLs, straight from Provincial 61 Highway in Taiwan.

You can see it in full at the bottom of the page, as it was posted to Twitter. As of the time of writing, it has over 2.1 million views and has prompted some of the most heated, occasionally hilarious and downright silly explanations.

What looks like a speeding cargo truck is traveling in front of the car with the dashboard camera. The back is open and the cargo inside is not secured, so it comes as little surprise when one of the boxes in there falls out. What happens next is surprising, though: the box bounces on the highway and jumps back inside the truck.

Then, it falls for the second time, and again, “magically” finds its way inside. The whole thing happens very fast and it’s so strange to witness that it’s no wonder people assumed the video was fake.

However, chances are it’s legit. As the person who posted the video notes, this could be a case of a Karman swirling vortexes, causing the air around the truck to blow upwards and backwards. Or it could be a vacuum / vortex of negative air pressure caused by the blunt size of the truck, which, in combination with the weight of the box, helps it perform this “magic” stunt.

Based on the video and what commenters are saying online, the box seems to be made of styrofoam and empty, in which case it could act this way. It’s still amazing to watch, though.

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About the author: Elena Gorgan
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Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends.
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