question to the science nutters, page-6

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    Everything in nature seeks the shortest path.

    When you spin the bottle originally you apply enough energy for it to sustain a rotation greater then that of the earths.

    As the frictional component of its spin dilutes this energy you imparted on it the bottle seeks a shorter path of rotation and thus falls.
 
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