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Why is ice slippery?

Well, the old pressure-melt theory (for ice skates, in particular) appears to be wrong.

Surprisingly, nobody is really sure why ice is so dang slick.

Posted in Curiosities, She Blinded Me.


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  1. hanh says

    Interesting. Could this have been the basis of Kurt Vonnegut’s ice-nine?

  2. ed says

    nah, ice nine was about the cascade effect of molecular change; a self propagating almost virus like effect at an atomic level.

    that and the futility of life.

  3. megan says

    this site is crap i cnt find ani thin i wnt 2 find !!!!!
    >:( arhhh

  4. Jake says

    you must be in the wrong spot



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