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Snapshots from a high-speed video of dynamics of a pingpong ball placed in a water-filled beaker falling to the ground. During the free fall, the ball is sucked into the water by capillary forces. Upon collision, the ball is ejected at large velocity by the strongly enhanced Archimedes’ force.
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