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Why a Bottle of Water Freezes the Instant You Set It Down

Hours in the freezer and it is still liquid, well below freezing, waiting. Ice needs a starting point to organize itself around, and very pure, very still water is short of them. Set the bottle down a little hard and the whole thing goes solid in seconds. The jolt is what matters.

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