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Take some aluminum foil and shape it so that it floats in the water. If you...

Take some aluminum foil and shape it so that it floats in the water. If you take another foil of the same size and crumble it into a ball it will sink. Why can ships made of steel float, when a block of solid steel will sink in water?

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