Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle? - Dan Finkel

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  • čas přidán 17. 03. 2019
  • A shooting star crashes onto Earth and unleashes a hideous, rampaging blob. Can you stop it from destroying the planet?
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    A shooting star crashes onto Earth and a hideous blob emerges. It creeps and leaps, it glides and slides. It’s also unstoppable: no matter what you throw at it, it just re-grows and continues its rampage. The only way to save the planet is to cut the entire blob into precise acute triangles while it sleeps, rendering it inert. Can you stop the blob from destroying the planet? Dan Finkel shows how.
    Lesson by Dan Finkel, directed by Artrake Studio.
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Komentáře • 3,9K

  • @dreadpiratetjoris
    @dreadpiratetjoris Před 2 lety +3168

    Just draw a smiley face on the large one, you’ll have a cute triangle….

  • @Yoctopory
    @Yoctopory Před 5 lety +5746

    "I have a riddle for youtube involving triangles"
    "People will not watch that. Instead, talk about an all eating blob from space."
    "Genius!"

    • @feathero3
      @feathero3 Před 5 lety +99

      I mean thats why I watched the video. I liked the geometry problem, but was more interested in monsters and riddles.

    • @digitalburiedtreasure2374
      @digitalburiedtreasure2374 Před 5 lety +10

      $1000 treasure waiting for the first person to solve the riddle on my channel. Good luck!

    • @thalespro9995
      @thalespro9995 Před 5 lety +7

      Buried Treasure hmmmmm i doubt I’ll get the 1,000 cash but I’ll try anyway well... maybe

    • @digitalburiedtreasure2374
      @digitalburiedtreasure2374 Před 5 lety +1

      @@thalespro9995 good luck! Can't find it if you don't try!

    • @kenlidbetter3837
      @kenlidbetter3837 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s a-cute triangle!

  • @therearesomewhocallmetimot9497

    "Every triangle is a love triangle when you love triangles" ~ Pythagoras

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Před 3 lety +4201

    “Are triangles the best shape?”
    CGP Grey: *Hexagons are the bestagons*

    • @its_w4yne
      @its_w4yne Před 3 lety +110

      I expected to see this being a top comment. But well, let's get it started then.

    • @diegomountin585
      @diegomountin585 Před 3 lety +88

      Ah, another person of culture I see

    • @ZAPSPEAKABLE
      @ZAPSPEAKABLE Před 3 lety +38

      I was searching for this

    • @SingularPhasmid
      @SingularPhasmid Před 3 lety +55

      I'm joining this cult. Sorry Ted-ed but hexagons are better

    • @inkamacron
      @inkamacron Před 3 lety +56

      At least triangle is trying to be more geometrically interesting than square... hang on, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... hexagon!
      Remember... the other shapes can't help it. They just want to be the bestagon.

  • @jaybrianrandone5892
    @jaybrianrandone5892 Před 5 lety +5416

    Before I watch the video, the answer is no I cannot solve the riddle

  • @redcharget5894
    @redcharget5894 Před 4 lety +3199

    Blob: I want to eat the earth
    Acute triangles:I’m about to end this mans whole career

  • @MC-cq6kc
    @MC-cq6kc Před 4 lety +583

    TED-ed: Can you stop the unstopable blob?
    Me: No, because it is unstoppable

    • @MoonKent
      @MoonKent Před 2 lety +20

      It just needs to meet an immovable object

    • @5ay72pyz7
      @5ay72pyz7 Před 2 lety +8

      @@MoonKent it can go around it

    • @iceyyl3mon
      @iceyyl3mon Před rokem +1

      Yea

    • @proxy7598
      @proxy7598 Před rokem

      Man, my creator couldn't do that , I'm just gonna fly away from eath

    • @kenthuang436
      @kenthuang436 Před rokem +1

      I can. Just toss a Master Ball at the slime to catch it! It’s obviously a Grimer or Muk because it is sentient and lasers seem to make it grow stronger and larger and Grimer was stated as being created from sludge exposed to x-rays.

  • @keddrikyvan
    @keddrikyvan Před 3 lety +227

    Lesson learned: *You must cut the pizza equally.*
    Don't be greedy..

  • @aworm
    @aworm Před 5 lety +1804

    The blob uses *THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE* to heal and regrow

  • @forg7864
    @forg7864 Před 5 lety +6089

    I like how they added parts to the story that we don't need to solve the riddle
    Like "he doubles the size each hour"
    It just there to make the story better

    • @Caaro99
      @Caaro99 Před 5 lety +337

      Tmjon no, because if he didn’t double in size every hour then you could just wait for the next satellite orbit and continue your next 7 cuts. The size increase makes it so that you have that one chance.

    • @forg7864
      @forg7864 Před 5 lety +56

      Abdilahi Mohamed
      I thought they were 7 cuts no matter what
      But it looks like they were 7 only because he grows up

    • @Caaro99
      @Caaro99 Před 5 lety +136

      Tmjon they said you can only have 7 cuts while the satellite is right above you, before it moves away. If the monster never grew, then you could just wait for the satellite to complete an orbit around earth so you can get another chance. But since it doubles in size ever hour, by the time the satellite completes orbit the monster will be larger than the earth.

    • @doyouhaveanyregrets
      @doyouhaveanyregrets Před 5 lety +11

      Or to be a red herrinn

    • @forg7864
      @forg7864 Před 5 lety +4

      Abdilahi Mohamed
      Makes sense

  • @hawkmania5463
    @hawkmania5463 Před 3 lety +145

    Props to Ted-Ed for putting actual lore into the riddles. If you don’t know check the end of the teleporting switch riddle for the origin of “The Blob”

  • @orionz8248
    @orionz8248 Před 4 lety +927

    “Triangle man hates particle man”
    Mmmm yes, very smart words

  • @Monochrome2004
    @Monochrome2004 Před 5 lety +312

    2:30 shoutout to the delivery boy still delivering pizza during a literal apocalypse

  • @k92129001
    @k92129001 Před 4 lety +2395

    STEP 1: confirm you have green eyes
    STEP 2: kindly ask blob if you can leave

  • @tara5190
    @tara5190 Před 3 lety +22

    "is triangle the best shape?"
    "just kidding, it's not a riddle."
    god i love this man

    • @icarus-wings
      @icarus-wings Před 2 lety +1

      Neither is this question a riddle. It's a math problem with a story. Nobody calls a high-school math exam a riddle contest.

  • @wk6499
    @wk6499 Před 2 lety +12

    3:25 no, hexagons are!

  • @samarendra109
    @samarendra109 Před 5 lety +1652

    Original Puzzle : Split an Obtuse angle triangle into Acute angle triangles in 7 cuts.
    Ted Ed : An evil blob is going to eat our whole world.
    Just love your creativity , it makes learning new concepts interesting. 😍

    • @Noah-wx7fm
      @Noah-wx7fm Před 5 lety +26

      I wish it was more related to the original puzzle though. I really love the story behind this one, but I wish it was used on a puzzle that actually uses the monster in the puzzle. Maybe use that doubling every hour thing that was mentioned at the beginning

    • @-YELDAH
      @-YELDAH Před 5 lety +10

      I do agree, the growing per hour thing seems more like one of those distractions on tests

    • @mehak8236
      @mehak8236 Před 5 lety +2

      OMG yesssss so true

    • @oGsluXon
      @oGsluXon Před 5 lety +6

      yeah it's so irritating, like it's trying to cater to the lowest mental denominations of society. just present the f*cking problem and stop trying to be cute about it.

    • @Max1996YT
      @Max1996YT Před 5 lety +4

      @@-YELDAH In my opinion, it's to make it clear that solutions like 'oh, you can just cut in a way that leaves a very small part alive, it can't do anything then' don't work, by making it clear why you *have* to do it correctly, immediately.

  • @ArynosValinir
    @ArynosValinir Před 5 lety +5487

    This isn't a Riddle, this is a Geometrical Math Equation

    • @drewskeezlol
      @drewskeezlol Před 5 lety +62

      Yeahh im in eighth grade and im taking geometry next year so when i heard the question and it gave me time to pause the video i did not even think before looking at the answer lmao i was not gonna get it right

    • @masanetthomas8586
      @masanetthomas8586 Před 5 lety +73

      Math equations are riddles

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 5 lety +39

      Can't it be both?

    • @JonattanD
      @JonattanD Před 5 lety +26

      Nice try homework

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz Před 5 lety +17

      @@JonattanD Do you mean 'Nice try, homework' or 'Nice. Try homework'?

  • @supasunotchi3355
    @supasunotchi3355 Před 2 lety +31

    “But like so many of life’s problems, we can look to pizza for an answer.” Best. Quote. Ever! I like it and so true.

  • @ed_cmntonly
    @ed_cmntonly Před rokem +11

    3:04
    the blob went from football size to the size of the entire state of Texas 💀

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 Před 5 lety +2338

    Just throw a pokéball and capture it

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK Před 5 lety +15

      🙄

    • @violentturnip
      @violentturnip Před 5 lety +153

      Make sure to use a master ball m8

    • @Vernardo
      @Vernardo Před 5 lety +10

      This is not Pokemon Go, after all, you shouldn't throw the phones onto it!

    • @dandazed5846
      @dandazed5846 Před 5 lety +87

      Valentino Lau
      It’s a joke you dense loaf

    • @torchuga
      @torchuga Před 5 lety +30

      Zuzu what if it escapes? MASTERBALL

  • @alexandria867
    @alexandria867 Před 5 lety +1175

    Even though I can't solve the riddles you give (me and my brain cells lol)
    I always appreciate every animation and lesson you bring! Your animations are really inspiring and wonderful!

  • @phis7230
    @phis7230 Před 3 lety +67

    In short: Destroying the Pentagon, means saving the world!

  • @Reyes78
    @Reyes78 Před 3 lety +10

    This is by far my favorite one as of now. Dan Finkel is awesome.

  • @doctordk388
    @doctordk388 Před 5 lety +422

    Triangle man, Triangle man
    Triangle man hates particle man
    They have a fight, Triangle wins
    Triangle man

    • @giovanni9497
      @giovanni9497 Před 5 lety +6

      I love that song

    • @doctordk388
      @doctordk388 Před 5 lety +4

      @@giovanni9497 EVERYBODY DOES!!!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄#triangles4lyfe

    • @davidvondoom2853
      @davidvondoom2853 Před 5 lety +2

      Triangle blob vs partical cannon, in this case.

    • @ObservantDog
      @ObservantDog Před 5 lety

      Blast from the past! Lol, thank you for this, D K Gupta!

    • @dkpsyhog
      @dkpsyhog Před 5 lety +6

      D K Gupta
      universe man, universe man
      Size of the entire universe man
      Usually kind to smaller man
      Universe man
      He’s got a watch with a minute hand,
      Millennium hand,
      And an eon hand
      When they meet, it’s a happy land
      Powerful man,
      Universe man

  • @johnaskouts5915
    @johnaskouts5915 Před 5 lety +592

    Lesson of the day:
    Pizza is more than just a food

  • @omori3703
    @omori3703 Před 3 lety +19

    ‘There is only a few minutes until it wakes up’
    Ted Ed: * Spends 3 mins explaining how to do it*

  • @szweetsztuff
    @szweetsztuff Před rokem +7

    “ *the blob goes to sleep every hour..* “
    This blob has a better sleep schedule than I do…

  • @Jumpyluff
    @Jumpyluff Před 5 lety +655

    You know what? The puzzles are really cool and the intricate math problems are cool, but can we get a round of applause for the writers who can turn this math into a realistic situation? Like come on, satellite orbits? I could never come up with this.

    • @annmarie9773
      @annmarie9773 Před 5 lety

      where's the fun in that?

    • @justwow768
      @justwow768 Před 5 lety +11

      I don't think a giant indestructible alien blob is exactly very realistic

    • @suryajandhyala
      @suryajandhyala Před 5 lety +4

      @@justwow768 he is talking abt the orbit thing.. Like how many sci fi shows or movies would even remember things like orbit.... They made a good point that once the satellite isnt on top of the character, it would take one whole orbit to return.

    • @justwow768
      @justwow768 Před 5 lety

      @@suryajandhyala ahh okay I get it know

    • @Libium
      @Libium Před 5 lety +4

      The blob is still more realistic that that guy buying 200 pineapples at the store

  • @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828
    @yoursleepparalysisdemon1828 Před 4 lety +509

    “I have a riddle”
    “Yay”
    (Silently) “It’s a high school math problem...”

    • @NoobieLandCity
      @NoobieLandCity Před 2 lety +6

      no nO NO NO NO I DON'T WANNA LEARN
      *nice animation and story*
      Oh nice.. WAIT noooO!

    • @eliseo5416
      @eliseo5416 Před 2 lety +9

      Yeah, sadly...a lot of these "riddles" are just bad math problems. I think I've only seen three that I'd actually consider riddles.

  • @towatchvideos5592
    @towatchvideos5592 Před 3 lety +34

    You can actually solve the riddle with only 3 cuts. I wish I could explain, but it's sorta hard to do in words, so try to figure it out yourself.
    Edit: Okay, I figured out how to explain it. On each of the 3 sides, go to the middle of the side. Then, make a cut to each of the other middles of the other sides. Boom. 4 triangles, all with acute angles.

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers Před 3 lety +3

      This would either result in four equilateral triangles or at least one obtuse triangle. Therefore, this strategy doesn't work.

    • @poisonedmaple6874
      @poisonedmaple6874 Před 3 lety +9

      @@yellowmarkers um, equilateral triangles are acute

    • @yellowmarkers
      @yellowmarkers Před 3 lety +4

      @@poisonedmaple6874 yeah i realized that now but if you had that situation the entire triangle would also be equilateral and therefore acute, and i dont think the blob would just intentionally commit suicide like that

    • @poisonedmaple6874
      @poisonedmaple6874 Před 3 lety

      @@yellowmarkers :/
      makes our job easier XD

    • @vcrmOnW
      @vcrmOnW Před 2 lety +5

      That wouldn't work in case the triangle was extremely obtuse itself, it would result in 2 acute and 2 obtuse triangles, you need a solution the works for every possible triangle so if a triangle has three sides as 100, 99 and 2, the 2 length side being base 99 being back and 100 being the hypotenuse then if you match all middle points you get 2 acute and 2 obtuse traingles, but if you cut it into a Pentagon it works universally

  • @gaminwatch8203
    @gaminwatch8203 Před 4 lety +51

    This Blob: (Exists)
    Tasty Planet’s Blob: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career.”

    • @almadelsur01
      @almadelsur01 Před 3 lety +6

      Can you solve the "two blobs eating each other" riddle?

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 Před 5 lety +510

    1. Place the satellite in a geostationary orbit.
    2. Take your time cutting it up.

    • @vishvpower9330
      @vishvpower9330 Před 5 lety +16

      It isnt easy as geostationary satelites need to achieve 3500 some km above ground. that is half the earths radius.
      Sorry messed up the radius of earth before

    • @CyanWatercress4
      @CyanWatercress4 Před 4 lety +1

      Sagittarius A* that’s not Sagittarius A, that’s from Messier 57. Also I agree.

    • @manmanman4825
      @manmanman4825 Před 4 lety +2

      @@vishvpower9330 You missed a zero in your geostationary sattelite orbit hight.

    • @anonymouspuppy
      @anonymouspuppy Před 3 lety

      But the Blob wake up again

  • @darwinzhu9133
    @darwinzhu9133 Před 5 lety +484

    If you put me in charge of saving the planet......
    *We are all doomed*

    • @vendybirdsvadl7472
      @vendybirdsvadl7472 Před 5 lety +5

      Atleast He did'nt put in charge rtgame beacuse if He did we would be doomed 20 times

    • @zionnemakoma1398
      @zionnemakoma1398 Před 5 lety

      @@vendybirdsvadl7472 True

    • @aCaboodL
      @aCaboodL Před 5 lety

      Vendy Bird Švadl @RTgame

    • @elijahmelton2660
      @elijahmelton2660 Před 5 lety +2

      Nah we’re doomed if someone who knows this video forgets the name and tries to find it without realizing they’re wasting all the minutes

  • @dudep504
    @dudep504 Před 3 lety +15

    "is triangle the best shape?"
    CGP Grey : i would like to object.

  • @deepg0830
    @deepg0830 Před 3 lety +7

    This is the second simplest & most understandable explanation for their riddle that I've seen so far!!! 😅
    I wasn't able to solve it as usual but that's a different story...😂

  • @crayzeegaming9726
    @crayzeegaming9726 Před 4 lety +146

    TedED:Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle?
    Me:no, but you probably can

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +198

    Triangle man vs Particle man
    *_''Top 10 Anime Battles of All Time''_*

    • @weirdopepperoni4527
      @weirdopepperoni4527 Před 5 lety +1

      Wut another comment i dont get!

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +1

      @@weirdopepperoni4527 You mean you don't understand my comment?

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +1

      @@weirdopepperoni4527 It is a meme. You take something e,g "triangle man vs particle man" (in the start of video) and turn it into a clickbait video title like those bright side or buzzfeed videos, in this case, "Top 10 anime battles of all time."

    • @thalespro9995
      @thalespro9995 Před 5 lety +1

      Mujahid Syed I think Isabelle Ocena means he/she can’t write this

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +1

      @@thalespro9995 What? I am still unclear what she wants to say.

  • @spacebug5686
    @spacebug5686 Před 3 lety +8

    "commander we need your help to defeat this massive blo- what are you doing?"
    ayo the pizza here

  • @linadoesrandomstuff4414
    @linadoesrandomstuff4414 Před 3 lety +20

    "A hideous blob emerges"
    Wow, talk about body shaming.

    • @ringwormboy1575
      @ringwormboy1575 Před 2 lety +1

      Who cares, it was going to eat the entire Earth.

  • @rxea545
    @rxea545 Před 5 lety +126

    Maths teachers when they see the riddle:
    Its time to learn shapes kids! Lets cut triangles but only seven times and when you cut it should be under 90 degrees or your grades will be destroyed!
    Me:
    Great way to ruin the fun of it.

  • @presb4162
    @presb4162 Před 5 lety +335

    Who else heard 7 acute triangles and was like "nope"

  • @beat2598
    @beat2598 Před 2 lety +3

    What about making three cuts, making it look like the triforce?

    • @ghartman56
      @ghartman56 Před 2 lety +1

      It depends on the angles of the blob's triangle, which I wish they'd specified. If the blob's triangle is really short and long, then one of the angles of each of the two bottom corner triangles will be right or obtuse. I think even the solution they gave would fail if the blob's triangle is scalene and is really short and long though. Them not giving more info about the blob's triangle makes it impossible to give a perfect answer (unless I'm mistaken).

  • @snazzyzaddy
    @snazzyzaddy Před 3 lety +2

    I binge watched every single Ted Ed riddle a couple years ago... look where quarantine has brought me

  • @jellyfish2556
    @jellyfish2556 Před 5 lety +163

    “Hideous blob?” WHO CALLED FOR ME?

    • @senaahasan5182
      @senaahasan5182 Před 5 lety +1

      *runs to Ted-Ed* I’m here ... Wait .... *looks at Jam Yoyolo* Are you also a hideous blob?

    • @osamajameel2021
      @osamajameel2021 Před 5 lety

      Who said my name

  • @thefbi9581
    @thefbi9581 Před 5 lety +763

    Triangle are the worst shape
    This was by the square gang

    • @kayceerenfer5274
      @kayceerenfer5274 Před 5 lety +20

      THE FBI ARRESTED THE SQUARE GANG SO LONG AGO, BUT ITS STILL TRYING TO GET OUT BY REPLACING THEM WITH THE TRIANGLE GANG. JUST GIVE UP ALREADY, SQWARE GANG!

    • @EnderIzzy124
      @EnderIzzy124 Před 5 lety +15

      My friend, squares and triangles can live in harmony. Two right triangles when put together along the hypotenuse form a square.

    • @kristapskeiss3029
      @kristapskeiss3029 Před 5 lety +2

      @@EnderIzzy124 that is the reason triangles are the best shape. You can put together different amounts of traingles to get different shapes. The shape you get is determined by the amount of traingles used +2 as this formula determines the amount of sides a shape has

    • @EnderIzzy124
      @EnderIzzy124 Před 5 lety +1

      @@kristapskeiss3029 I am aware of this. This is why (most) 3D models are made entirely of triangles. I say "most" because some of them use Quads instead of Tris. But *_technically_* those are tri-based models as well.

    • @PschocatIII
      @PschocatIII Před 5 lety +1

      dont you mean pentagon gang?

  • @DoctorX17
    @DoctorX17 Před 3 lety +4

    If you cut it more, can it become active again? If not, you could cut out shapes to build stuff

  • @lefthandderivative
    @lefthandderivative Před 23 dny

    the tmbg lyric caught me so off guard because i was not expecting a reference to particle man but im so glad about it omg

  • @roppis9258
    @roppis9258 Před 4 lety +80

    I've got to say, when they zoomed out, the blob was WAY bigger than I had thought

  • @massimookissed1023
    @massimookissed1023 Před 5 lety +55

    1:06 So do we just give up caring which of < or > is less than or greater than, now?

    • @X_Baron
      @X_Baron Před 5 lety +3

      And one of the triangles drawn on the pentagon at 3:07 is obviously not acute. What is the graphics person smoking and can I have some

    • @CorollaryOfDawn
      @CorollaryOfDawn Před 5 lety +1

      @X Baron
      Which one?
      @Massimo O’Kissed
      You’re right! I never noticed!

    • @yellafella2718
      @yellafella2718 Před 5 lety +2

      @@CorollaryOfDawn
      The one in the bottom middle. An explanation is that said triangles are roughly drawn and the biggest angle of said triangles would be 72 degrees on average, which is way below 90.

    • @MrDannyDetail
      @MrDannyDetail Před 5 lety +2

      @@X_Baron Isn't it a perspective thing though? The triangle is supposed to be flat on the ground (according to the story), and so, from the perspective that the graphics person has put us at, it appears elongated at the edge nearest us, and compressed at the point furtherst away from us. Admittedly it might have been better to create the effect of the camera moving up and overhead (relative to the triangle) prior to the cutting, so the diagram could be viewed in less misleading way.

    • @lapidations
      @lapidations Před 5 lety

      I agree with @MrDannydoodah, it's a perspective thing. We can't be 100% sure if all the angles are acute or not from this point of view, they should've made a top down view for those parts.

  • @King_dropkicker
    @King_dropkicker Před 3 měsíci +1

    2:28 best quote by ted ed

  • @ZCisCool
    @ZCisCool Před 6 měsíci +1

    Can we just appreciate the quote for a second:
    “Triangle man, Triangle man, Triangle man hates particle man. They have a fight, Triangle wins, Triangle man”

  • @disguisedhell
    @disguisedhell Před 5 lety +38

    Amazing animation. Just 1 request, keep making videos of riddles more often. I miss them a lot. Keep progressing. May humanity develop brighter brains through your riddles

  • @sash69420
    @sash69420 Před 5 lety +40

    Even though I can never solve the riddle, I just watch it to experience the awesomeness that is ted-ed.

  • @maryelainagarmany1120
    @maryelainagarmany1120 Před rokem +2

    Ted Ed, how are you animations so great everytime you make a riddle? Who does the art for each of them?

  • @Alkixkix
    @Alkixkix Před 2 lety

    If you wanted to cheese it you could just cut a small line segment in the middle of the original triangle and "only acute triangles would be remain" since "Each cut must start and end somewhere on the perimeter or interior of the blob triangle".

  • @Sahgee
    @Sahgee Před 5 lety +528

    These "riddles" always end up being math homework 😭

  • @4ltrz555
    @4ltrz555 Před 5 lety +53

    Your riddles are so entertaining. Thank you Ted Ed!!

  • @cardinalhamneggs5253
    @cardinalhamneggs5253 Před 6 měsíci +1

    “Particle Man” is among my favorite songs.😊

  • @amityblightandluznoceda3899

    Thanks Ted Ed, I was the only person around and had the remote to use the laser to destroy the monster. And I saw your video and I was able to defeat it. 😂

  • @Pedrio2
    @Pedrio2 Před 5 lety +753

    Just throw notorius B.I.G at the sea lol
    Wait a minute

  • @loganseydel7155
    @loganseydel7155 Před 5 lety +230

    Couldn't you just cut it into a triforce shape?

    • @ronansullivan5586
      @ronansullivan5586 Před 5 lety +12

      thats what i thought

    • @vegetalss4
      @vegetalss4 Před 5 lety +45

      This would depend on the starting triangle, if the biggest angle is 90 degrees or bigger (like the triangle that is shown for instance) then it wouldn't work because that angle would stay the same size.
      The hexagon solution on the other hand works no matter what kind of triangle it initially is.

    • @TRquiet
      @TRquiet Před 5 lety +34

      That would only work if all the original angles were already acute, meaning you wouldn’t have to do anything to begin with.

    • @CorruptedMaterial
      @CorruptedMaterial Před 5 lety +5

      If you could cut it into a triforce then all the angles would need to be less than 90 degrees from the start so the blob wouldn't live anyway.

    • @mijngebruikersnaamisjoy
      @mijngebruikersnaamisjoy Před 5 lety +6

      haha same thinking here dude, thanks for your comment (and the answers on your comment) otherwise I would have had the question of why my answer wasn't correct forever lol

  • @Chamdar17
    @Chamdar17 Před rokem +1

    Bisect (but do not cut, just find the line) all 3 vertices, the center-point of the pentagon you will create is at the intersection of these lines.
    CUT a line from the obtuse vertex along its bisector to the center-point (but not beyond).
    From the center-point to longest leg of the triangle, cut a line on each side of the bisector of the obtuse angle SUCH THAT the angle between the bisector and each cut is equal and the sum is 90' from the base of the acute triangle you created (just barely

  • @aynurmemet5576
    @aynurmemet5576 Před rokem

    Cool set up with the story; elegant solution. 👍

  • @polyspheremusic3417
    @polyspheremusic3417 Před 4 lety +64

    Side Note: The blob came from the multiverse rescue mission riddle.

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +25

    1:06 Narrator says "less than 90 degrees" while it is shown as ">90 degrees"

    • @celtongerilla6595
      @celtongerilla6595 Před 5 lety +2

      Nice observation.😁

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +2

      @@celtongerilla6595 thnx.

    • @Coyotek4
      @Coyotek4 Před 5 lety +1

      Beat me to it (by 9 hours)

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Coyotek4 well, i guess the early bird gets to pick the worm lmao no problem

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 Před 5 lety +2

      There was also a second answer he never said you needed to use 7 cuts only you had 7 cuts to use you chould cut the monster into 4 equatorial triangles

  • @wirelessly__
    @wirelessly__ Před 3 lety +1

    Another fabulous quote

  • @Jormmy
    @Jormmy Před 3 lety +6

    Can you do it in three cuts by making 4 equilateral triangles from a triforce shape?

  • @buck8266
    @buck8266 Před 5 lety +28

    *"Triangle man, Triangle man*
    *Triangle man hates particle man*
    *They have a fight, Triangle wins*
    *Triangle man "*
    ~Lyrics from "particle man" by They Might Be Giant

  • @redhead_bebs
    @redhead_bebs Před 5 lety +69

    I mean... I don't know why this riddle exists. All you need to do is feed it airplane food.
    (Does anyone get the Goosebumps reference)

    • @alex6miller645
      @alex6miller645 Před 5 lety +2

      Bruh

    • @rijurini3396
      @rijurini3396 Před 5 lety +2

      Actually plane food isn't necessarily bad, its just that our taste buds react a bit differently at higher altitudes. I know it was a joke but just wanted to say it.

    • @redhead_bebs
      @redhead_bebs Před 5 lety +1

      @@rijurini3396 It was from a Goosebumps book. "More Monster Blood". It is a goo (A different one than from "The Blob That Ate Everyone" but it pretty much does the same thing). In the second book about the Monster Blood (Season 2 Episode 16 of the 90s TV show, if you would rather watch it) it gets on the plane with the protagonist, and it reacts pretty bad to the airplane food. That's how they beat it.

    • @rijurini3396
      @rijurini3396 Před 5 lety

      @@redhead_bebs I clearly did not know the premise, I said that coz it was something i came across a few days ago and wanted to tell everyone, i was really blown away by that.

    • @riya12007
      @riya12007 Před 5 lety

      @@redhead_bebs I have yet to read "The Blob That Ate Everyone" is it any good?

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Před 2 lety +2

    “Unstoppable triangle”
    Pizza: that sign can’t stop me, because I can’t read

  • @spokehedz
    @spokehedz Před 5 lety +51

    Of course triangles are the best shape, you gave the only reason that matters in the video: They make Pizza!

    • @mobeenkhan824
      @mobeenkhan824 Před 5 lety +1

      I was expecting a 'they kill monsters!' But your reason is fine.

    • @thalespro9995
      @thalespro9995 Před 5 lety

      Pizzas are circular shape though so circles are the best shape

    • @jasondeng7677
      @jasondeng7677 Před 5 lety +2

      no, pizza slices are round on one side

    • @justaregulartoaster
      @justaregulartoaster Před 5 lety +1

      The pizza box is square, the pizza itself is round, and the slices are triangular.

  • @Very-Uncorrect
    @Very-Uncorrect Před 5 lety +30

    My first thought was "this is like asking me if I can kill an immortal person"

    • @SkySaito
      @SkySaito Před 5 lety

      This is asking us to become Kratos and other God killers at this point

  • @magicmaster9769
    @magicmaster9769 Před 2 lety +1

    Theoretically you could do this in only 3 moves,using 2 to make a rhombus, and chopping the rhombus in half horizontally, so there's only 4 triangles

  • @Troels_T_Kjoeller
    @Troels_T_Kjoeller Před rokem +1

    It used to call itself the Blob Riddle, but nowadays it’s know as Lord Bloblemort.

  • @dougjackson82
    @dougjackson82 Před 5 lety +8

    This was easy because I love the Legend Of Zelda. If you cut it into 4 triangles using the Tri-Force as your pattern, you only use 3 cuts

    • @ppppppqqqppp
      @ppppppqqqppp Před 5 lety +1

      an obtuse triangle cut into a triforce would result in the triangle that contains the obtuse angle being obtuse itself.
      Wouldn't work

  • @christinelam4687
    @christinelam4687 Před 4 lety +70

    ted ed: "a hideous blob emerges"
    me: *reports video*
    yt: why do you want to report this video?
    me: *presses "im in this video and i don't like it" button

    • @brian4life661
      @brian4life661 Před 3 lety +12

      Me: report comment
      CZcams: why?
      Me: this has false information
      CZcams: what is it?
      Me: *TELL THIS PERSON THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL*

    • @krishellenberg5715
      @krishellenberg5715 Před 2 lety +2

      @@brian4life661 TRUE, THEYRE BEAUTIFUL

  • @strange_and_magnificent
    @strange_and_magnificent Před 3 lety +3

    I don’t even try to solve these riddles, I just watch them.

  • @benjaminlee985
    @benjaminlee985 Před 3 lety +3

    My solution was to cut a triangle inside the triangle, with the points of the inner triangle touching the edges. Since there are two cuts touching at each edge instead of just one, you don't have to worry about the issue with creating obtuse angles.

    • @demonslime
      @demonslime Před rokem

      This was also my idea originally, but it doesn't work if the blob was initially an obtuse triangle.

    • @Chamdar17
      @Chamdar17 Před rokem

      1:26 "For the next few minutes, the blob is sleeping in its OBTUSE triangle form..." With 3 cuts, you can cut a triangle out of the center and get 3 acute triangles and one obtuse triangle and you are worse off than you started since you still have an obtuse triangle to deal with and only 4 cuts left.

  • @funnyclips8393
    @funnyclips8393 Před 5 lety +37

    Cut the triangle in such a way that it get divided into 4 equilateral triangle and it can be formed in only three cuts.

    • @minagranic7662
      @minagranic7662 Před 5 lety +4

      I was wondering the same thing, why ist this not considered?

    • @lguffee4930
      @lguffee4930 Před 5 lety +13

      Because the monster sleeps in an _obtuse_ triangle. It says so in 1:31. The Triforce only works in an equilateral triangle.

    • @minagranic7662
      @minagranic7662 Před 5 lety +1

      @@lguffee4930 Right, thanks!

    • @Kristianne12111992
      @Kristianne12111992 Před 5 lety

      @@lguffee4930 you are right. If it sleeps in an acute triangle form, it will just self destroy. Hahaha!

  • @cocoandlink1047
    @cocoandlink1047 Před 4 lety +116

    Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle?
    Ted Ed: it’s unstoppable
    Ted Ed later: there’s a laser thingy to stop it
    Me: wait what

  • @JLvatron
    @JLvatron Před 10 měsíci +1

    Bonus riddle: It was already established that triangles make up a pizza. So the full circle (pizza) is better than a triangle slice.
    So the best shape is a circle!

  • @user-po3ng7hj1l
    @user-po3ng7hj1l Před 3 lety +1

    2:39 Other people: 'OH'
    Me: 'Can I eat pizza for dinner?'

  • @kerbaltubehd5737
    @kerbaltubehd5737 Před 5 lety +66

    "Satellite mounted Nano-fission ray"
    Basically the XS-1 Vulcan scorestreak from Advanced Warfare

  • @johnsmith-eo3nz
    @johnsmith-eo3nz Před 5 lety +711

    This is a hentai monster. It's impossible to beat

  • @HexenStar
    @HexenStar Před 3 lety

    Now that was a beautiful riddle!

  • @pyrogenesisplays5379
    @pyrogenesisplays5379 Před rokem +2

    so do equilateral triangles work? because if so if you cut a perfect triangle in the middle so that it makes 4 equilateral triangles that should work right?

    • @scotty3739
      @scotty3739 Před rokem

      all equilateral triangles are acute. and your method would almost work, however the top point of the triangle is obtuse

  • @stormysamreen7062
    @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +10

    Reasons I think triangles are the best:
    1) A triangle is the shape with the maximum amount of vertices that are non-collinear that can exist in only one plane. In other words, the maximum amount of points that can form only a 2-D shape is 3
    2) A triangle does not have one centre. There are the points of intersection of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors and right bisectors. So every triangle has four centres. Except equilateral, it has just one.
    3) They are simple to work on but also at the same time incredibly hard to work on.
    4) They are EVERYWHERE. From videogame designing to your pizza, from graphic designing to logos. Even CZcams's logo has a triangle.

    • @ttvm4096
      @ttvm4096 Před 5 lety +2

      Last point is kind of bs, as most shapes such as squares and circles are also everywhere.

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ttvm4096 Apparently, to most normies, squares and circles are everywhere. Look closely, a square is actually two triangles.

    • @dhdydg6276
      @dhdydg6276 Před 5 lety +1

      Mujahid Syed equilateral triangles also have four centers, theyre just all in the same place

    • @moneyfu5989
      @moneyfu5989 Před 5 lety +2

      nah squares are better...

    • @stormysamreen7062
      @stormysamreen7062 Před 5 lety

      @@dhdydg6276 yep, so that makes just one centre.

  • @supremestv
    @supremestv Před 4 lety +44

    Me: messed up cut
    Also me: Oh nuts

  • @dq9832
    @dq9832 Před 2 lety

    Took my two and haft hour to do this but i think it was worth it, really well done puzzle!

  • @Mona-ni6jx
    @Mona-ni6jx Před 2 lety +1

    Every ted-ed video
    "LOL this out of world thing cannot be stopped.
    But if you stab it in the correct place it dies.
    But here's the thing.
    It's 1000000 kilometres away from you.
    But you can throw the knife.
    Where do you throw it."

  • @AdeptusForge
    @AdeptusForge Před 5 lety +7

    I came so close to solving this one on my own. Figured that you needed to break it down to a shape composed of acute triangles, and stopped at a parallelogram instead of continuing the line of thought to other possible shapes such as pentagons.

  • @thethinker2372
    @thethinker2372 Před 5 lety +91

    Just assert dominance with the t-pose, now *_think_* about that

    • @kie_ke_boe
      @kie_ke_boe Před 4 lety

      He is to dangerous to be kept alivr

  • @isabelgHuy09
    @isabelgHuy09 Před 3 měsíci

    These videos are my guilty pleasure

  • @spodreman7732
    @spodreman7732 Před 3 lety +1

    Round cuts are allowed in infinite amounts, so make round cuts.
    And blob can't revive because you never specified that non-polygons can wake up.

  • @chartypeplays2396
    @chartypeplays2396 Před 5 lety +4

    This was a fun riddle. The instructions were clear and it had a clear solution. More riddles like this one please!

  • @elijahfyffe5176
    @elijahfyffe5176 Před 5 lety +51

    Notorious B.I.G.

    • @who2837
      @who2837 Před 5 lety +1

      Was looking for this

  • @errorsvoid5099
    @errorsvoid5099 Před 3 lety +1

    Video: About a pink blob
    Me: AKUMU IS THAT YOU?

  • @icarus-wings
    @icarus-wings Před 2 lety +1

    Narrator: The pink blob will consume everything in its path.
    Narrator: Consider a pizza.
    Now *I* have become the devourer!

  • @adachisans5664
    @adachisans5664 Před 5 lety +81

    Notorious B.I.G in a nutshell

    • @Rawmel
      @Rawmel Před 5 lety +2

      Just don't move

    • @name-di5gs
      @name-di5gs Před 4 lety

      maybe throw it in the ocean