Sometimes I like to boil all my water at the start of the month and then freeze it, to save time when cooking pasta. Always hate having to wait for water to boil first.
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?
Sometimes I like to boil all my water at the start of the month and then freeze it, to save time when cooking pasta. Always hate having to wait for water to boil first.
Funny enough boiling water freezes faster in theory.
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?
I’ll do you one better and give you the name of the phenomenon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
Worth mentioning that the effect is barely observable under controlled conditions. To the point where the existence of the effect is in doubt.
So it’s the perfect conversation starter, is what you’re saying?
Thats not proven. Its still highly disputed between scientists