Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Release Date: November 21st, 2022

Lyrics:
(Hit it, boys!)
(I can show you two main ways that glue works!)
(The first is called mechanical locking!)
(Mechanical locking, huh?)
(How does that work?)
(Hehe, just listen!)

When you use a gob of glue,
Just what exactly does it do,
To get things sticking?
It can fix a flower pot,
Or any broken toy you've got!
But how? (Uh oh!)
If you magnify the smoothest stuff,
It's coarse and rough, you'll see!
Cracks and dents are many!
Yes, there are plenty!
Here and there, everywhere!
Roughness is the key!
Glue goes into tiny cracks,
It oozes into all the gaps!
And there it hardens!
Everywhere that it can drip,
It gets a firm and hearty grip!
And so...

When it dries completely,
Then its grip is good and strong!
There you go, good as new!
Through and through 'cause the glue won't let go!
(That's mechanical locking, but glue also works on a molecular
level!)

Atoms make up everything, that's the rule! (That's the rule!)
Though they're tiny, not very large!
And they combine into clusters called molecules,
Which often can have an electric charge!
Those have a couple of different ends! (Different ends!)
Positive and negative, too!
And when opposing ends line up, they stick to each other!
Like pairs of magnets do! (It's true!)
(There's a name for that! Van Der Waals forces!)

Now the molecules of glue are clinging by the millions,
To the things you're joining!
So it helps them stick together!
That's the coolest thing I've ever seen!
Glue can work in many ways,
I've shown you only two! (Whoo!)
But when you build a model truck,
Or fix a handle on a cup!
Just think of all the great things glue can do!

Please note, I do not, in any way, own the rights to The StoryBots. They belong to JibJab and Netflix. No profit will be made in this video. I'm just a fan who really enjoys StoryBots.

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