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Hurricane tip (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Funny enough boiling water freezes faster in theory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm far too lazy to look this up. Is this the sort of interesting fact I might mention in conversation to appear clever without somebody quickly correcting me and making me look silly?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll do you one better and give you the name of the phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Worth mentioning that the effect is barely observable under controlled conditions. To the point where the existence of the effect is in doubt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So it's the perfect conversation starter, is what you're saying?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thats not proven. Its still highly disputed between scientists