Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle? - Dan Finkel

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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[dreadpiratetjoris]

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

[Yoctopory]

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

[therearesomewhocallmetimot]

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

[SacsachCCABP]

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

[jaybrianrandone]

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

[forg]

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

[MC-cqkc]

TED-ed: Can you stop the unstopable blob?


Me: No, because it is unstoppable

[keddrikyvan]

Lesson learned: *You must cut the pizza equally.*

Don't be greedy..

[aworm]

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

[Monochrome]

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

[hawkmania]

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”

[orionz]

“Triangle man hates particle man”



Mmmm yes, very smart words

[redcharget]

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

[samarendra]

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. 😍

[supasunotchi]

“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.

[phis]

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

[alexandria]

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!

[ArynosValinir]

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

[tara]

"is triangle the best shape?"
"just kidding, it's not a riddle."

god i love this man

[ed_cmntonly]

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