# Warm vs. cold ice cubes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 1999, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467 "1999-11-04T14:55:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Occam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Occam)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467/1 "1999-11-04T14:55:00Z")

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Why does warm water freeze faster than cold water?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Mark\_Mal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Mal)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467/2 "1999-11-04T15:08:00Z")

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## Now that’s what I call “begging the question”!

“For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes” - Francis Bacon

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Mark\_Mal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Mal)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467/3 "1999-11-04T15:12:00Z")

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Oh, and you might want to read this:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_098b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_098b.html)

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**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467/4 "1999-11-04T15:27:00Z")

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You might want to give this site a whirl too:

[http://www.urbanlegends.com/science/hot\_water\_freezes\_faster.html](http://www.urbanlegends.com/science/hot_water_freezes_faster.html)

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Back off, man. I’m a scientist.

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 1999, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warm-vs-cold-ice-cubes/4467/5 "1999-11-04T15:56:00Z")

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It doesn’t!