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You have to see it to believe it: Slinkies look crazy not just tumbling down stairs but in free fall. In a new video, YouTube’s favorite Slow Mo Guys capture the puzzling dynamics of the iconic toy at 1,600 frames per second on a Phantom Flex camera. The video, which we discovered via the curators of awesomeness at Laughing Squid, is not the first to look at the phenomenon and the Slow Mo guys (Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy) are willing to admit their take is not exactly super informative.