The fine folks at the Hydraulic Press YouTube channel put stacks of different kinds of paper (printer paper, post-it notes, book, playing cards) in the press to find out what would happen. When it comes to squeezing, paper is an example of "slowly, then all at once."
Testing different kinds of paper in a hydraulic press leads to explosive outcomes
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Candy squished in hydraulic press
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