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[โ€“] conrad82@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard hot water freeze faster when thrown in freezing cold air, because it evaporates faster - making smaller droplets and increasing the surface area

[โ€“] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, I can believe that. I was thinking of making ice cubes, which is also something I heard.

[โ€“] cnschn@lemmy.cnschn.com 1 points 1 year ago

This is actually a thing, it's called the Mpemba effect. It's hella weird (that's the scientific term), but can be reproduced in experiments.