Crazy tic tac bounce!? | EVERYDAY MYSTERIES

I would like to point out that the mechanism for transferring energy into heat is not likely as simple as is described in the video. Energy is directly transferred into the vibration of the surface, which is transmitted to the surrounding air as sound compression waves. Ultimately, yes, these waves are damped by non-restorative frictional forces which turn mechanical energy into heat. If we want to increase the height of the dropped tic-tac by adding more energy to the system (as spinning the tic-tac does), we could also drop the tic-tac onto a vibrating surface such as a speaker.
My purpose for commenting here is that saying that energy is "lost to heat" is a simplification that has led to some interesting conclusions in the comments (such as using heat to increase the height of a dropped tic-tac, when there isn't a simple mechanism to convert the heat of the tic-tac or surface directly to mechanical energy). I think this is a valuable teaching moment for understanding more physical phenomena--ones that are exploited every day by engineers such as those working to reduce noise from mechanical systems to make our lives more pleasant!