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How Much Force Does It Take to Make a Dent in a Piece of Wood?
Hardness measures not things like scratch resistance or strength against bending, but emotional fortitude. The test is called the jenka test and involves pulling a piece of wood from below it to see how far it can fall if it falls. And then sometimes, sometimes scientists will write, like little dares on the wood.