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Throwing Boiling Water Into Freezing Air

Home - by - December 25, 2012 - 15:00 America/New_York - 7 Comments

Watch what happens when a pot filled with boiling water is thrown into -41C/-42F weather from the top of an apartment building in Russia.



Throwing Boiling Water Into Freezing Air
Throwing Boiling Water Into Freezing Air

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  1. Tim

    December 25th, 2012

    Damn! It froze! Who woulda thunk it?

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  2. F.D.R. in Hell

    December 25th, 2012

    Well, at least that Russian had a pot to pee in, and a window to throw it out.
    That’s more than Americans will have by 2016.
    Thanks to the :evil: in the White House.

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  3. RANDO

    December 25th, 2012

    Many years ago, in a science book for children, I read that boiling water freezes more quickly than cool water. I found that hard to believe, so I conducted an experiment in the family deep-freeze.

    Guess what I found out?

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  4. Tim

    December 25th, 2012

    You found that cool water freezes more quickly.

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  5. John Cooper

    December 25th, 2012

    …and you definitely don’t want to whip out your Schwanstücker and pee at -41.

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  6. RANDO

    December 26th, 2012

    http://www.edu-observatory.org/physics-faq/General/hot_water.html

    !

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  7. MNHawk

    December 26th, 2012

    -42F. It’s warming up, I see.

    Coldest winter in 75 years, so far, in Russia. Widespread -50s and -60s that just aren’t moderating.

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