Made me think of Particle Man

When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?

Interesting read.

...Suddenly after reading that...I'm very thirsty.

Oh my god!

And we drink that stuff!

I've always thought that hot water freezing faster was a myth!?

I love these science posts. Keep it up!

I actually new about that one! My daughter's friend did a water and ice experiment for the science fair a few years ago, and that is what she found out. So from that time on, I always filled my ice trays with hot water. Now I have an ice maker in my fridge.

*nerdgasm*

Actually hot water doesn't freeze. Technically by the time it freezes it's cold but pendanticity aside I have always put warmer water into the freezer to make ice cubes.

It KINDA is - the real answer to whether hot water freezes faster is

"not usually, but under certain circumstances it does"

and the difference in time is really, really negligible - so using warmer water in your ice cube trays is really just giving you a smug satisfaction of knowing random water trivia, not faster ice cubes ;)

I really want to try the supercooled water experiment. From what I've read though, you can't do it in a standard freezer because of the vibrations from the fan and it's kind of hard to freeze things outside during summer in Maryland.