Related: Learn How to Make the Best Paper Airplanes From a ... it'll look exactly like this beauty above—a useful loop with a strong butterfly-shaped knot below it. For multiple loops, just ...

then pull the ends through the loop you just created, and voila! Pull the ends to tighten your hitch to your liking. The bowline knot is considerd the world's best knot because it is so useful.

"We tried to give people the best chance we could in the experiment, including showing them videos of the knots rotating and it didn't help at all—if anything people's responses were even more ...