Pastafarian Mathematics

Why does Spaghetti snap in three, or more, rather than two?
As a Pastafarian I just had to know if the Flying Spaghetti Monster had anything to do with this…
Listen to or download - Snapping Spaghetti | CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks
Dr. Andrew Belmonte, a mathematician at Pennsylvania State University, talks about the mathematics of breaking in thin rods.