Why does the screen momentarily turn black when plugging in a second monitor?

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When a second monitor is plugged into a laptop, its screen turns black for a brief moment. Why does this happen?

See example: https://twitter.com/andrewculver/status/1334577349615095810?s=28

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Anonymous 0 Comments

If you put your hand under water, the water stops for a super short moment and then will spill in other directions.
Kind of like that, the info being sent to the screen tries to find a new path.

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