Originally posted by FyberOptik
I've seen a rod TWISTED around three times by sticking it in a table vice and twisting the small end with a breaker bar. It didn't snap.
Mind you, when force is applied slowly to an object, it will react differently then if the force is applied very rapidly. The rod may bend if twisted slowly, but if the force was applied equal to three complete twists in, say, 1/2 second, it would probably snap right off.