Fun with YouTube: Metronome Edition

Check out this video of synchronizing metronomes...

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Explanation, please.

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How the heck do metronomes (which are supposed to keep accurate time based upon the location of the weight) synchronize themselves? Does the moving platform upon which they were placed synch them?

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