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This Is What It Looks Like When Boiling Water Is Thrown Into -41 Degree Air (Hint: It’s Pretty Cool)
Whatever possessed this fellow to throw a pot full of boiling water into the air outside in negative 41 degrees Celsius, we can’t say. What we can tell you is the instant column of ice crystals that form — the sound of them freezing included — is fascinating.
Others have found the experiment mesmerizing as well. Since being posted on Lifehacker TV late last week, it has more than 1.4 million views.
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
Originally posted on YouTube by Russian Dmitry Klimensky as creating “instant vapor,” AccuWeather has taken a look into how it works:
Boiling water thrown into the air quickly freezes into tiny ice crystals.According to an article posted on University of California Riverside’s physics page, hot water can freeze faster than cold water thanks to the “Mpemba effect.” Author Monwhea Jeng theorized that one reason warm water freezes more quickly than cold is that the “lack of dissolved gas may change the ability of the water to conduct heat, or change the amount of heat needed to freeze a unit mass of water.”
The English version of the original video might only have about 1,600 views, but since we don’t speak Russian, it’s worth posting that one:
(H/T: Laughing Squid)
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grownup
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:51pmThese kinds of stories are great. Keep them coming. I need the break from the serious stuff and besides I love learning. Being ignorant and stupid is for the left wingers.
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DadRocked
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:42pmMake the formula easier… You’ll come within a degree of two of the answer.
Fº – 32 divided by 2
So 32F – 32 divided by two equals zero Cº.
Cº times 2 + 32 = Fº
That’s how I learned it…
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jdtanker
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:55pmC=(F-32)/1.8 F=(1.8xC)+32
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DadRocked
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:08pmJDTanker… You’re spot on… my result will be close enough for any layman…
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Uranium Wedge
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:57pmHere is an interesting fact: Boiling water freezes faster than cold water
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Gorp
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 2:09amThis also works at -20 degrees. I threw some boiling water off my deck in Princeton, MN last winter and it did the same thing. It wasn’t as big of a kettle but it was almost a couple of quarts. It’s pretty awesome to see in person too.
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VanceUppercut
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 6:42pm@grownup
Yeah, Cons really love learnin’…well, except for that hocus pocus, science nonsense.
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TyMcW31
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:47pm@VanceUppercut, Hey troll, your bus is leaving.
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high school drop out
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:11pmLeave it to some hatefilled troll to try to ruin an otherwise pleasant and interesting story…way to go “Top!!” your parents must be proud
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FreedbyTruth
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:52pmThis has to be a hoax. There is no way it could be that cold anywhere in the world. Al Gore told me so.
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RoguePO
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:10pmThey use Celsius in Russia.
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chips1
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:37pmWe use Charmin.
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mbck1491
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 9:35pmObviously you don’t live in the north. Twenty five years ago in the Navy stationed in Chicago for one winter in got down to -50 F with the wind blowing off Lake Michigan. Any exposed skin within seconds would turn red.
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Snidely
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:28pmROGUEPO, Actually it’s irrelevant whether they measured the temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Minus 41 Celsius is minus 41.8 Fahrenheit!
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Kupo
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:32pmSnidely
Not sure if joking or….
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Kupo
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:33pmSnidely
Nevermind, you’re right! Never noticed that!
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FreedbyTruth
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:18amSorry guys I was being facetious (note Al Gore told me so). I live in Nebraska. I know what cold is. Maybe not as much as some folks but hey it does not matter the world is ending in a few hours anyway. Burn that coal keep warm while you can.
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SGT Rock
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:14amHahaha, that was great. Yes Virginia it gets that cold in the US also, ever hear of Alaska, Montana, heck I grew up in Chicago and saw it get -40 a lot as a child. Saw it get -50 in Montana with windchill of -85 It froze all the plumping in the town to include toilets and sewers. the plumbers were making mad overtime working 24/7 for almost a week. Yes I got the irony of Al Gore-who was mad and broke from running for presidency and created the hoax to fill his wallet. research how much global warming companies he has a finger in and look how his wealth exploded since the hoax. Also if he was a true believer would he not live a carbon neutral life? Ever see his mansion, wonder what his light bill is??
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2getherWeStand
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:31pmWe do this at our house all the time. Kids love it. Never gets old!
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BlasberryStrat
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:49pmThis is a fun deal to show your kids, plus helps them to understand how ‘hot’ water will freeze in to ice cubes faster than ‘cold’ water. Plus it’s a nice story to take our minds off of the Gov. B/S for a short time, and isn’t hurting anyone with the small space it took up.
I can see that many of you must be “lying in wait” to crap all over these kinds of light hearted stories, while YOUR kid is sitting in front of an electronic babysitter – playing Warcraft (version “more than Rocky”) and LEARNING how to become a serial killer!
Maybe your kids might enjoy and respect you more if you were to spend time with them instead of buying them video games and i-phones “to get them out of your hair”.
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big oil iceman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:28pmHot water will not freeze into “icecubes” faster. The mpemba effect will only cause your evaporator to frost up from the steam, you will still have to remove 180 degrees of sensible heat before the water begins to freeze and 144 btu’s per pound of water for it to freeze completely. I have flooded curling ice with both hot and cold water and the cold water always freezes first. They both give off steam though or evaporation if you like.
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Chuck Stein
Posted on December 22, 2012 at 12:22amThanks, Big Oil Iceman — the boiling hot water did not freeze fast because it was HOT for goodness sakes — it froze fast because the surface area was huge when it was cast into the air. Thus a very rapid heat exchange.
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DZ-015
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:23pmThe outside temperature in this story (-41C) would have caused a mercury thermometer to cease working as mercury freezes at about -38. Since the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales coincide at -40, the temperature at the time of the video was approximately -42F.
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integrican
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:03pmThere was no mercury thermometer in this story, was there? Can you even buy a mercury thermometer anymore? I mean without a hazmat team following you around.
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macpappy
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:43pmStupid story #2.
The Blaze editors think the readers are stupid.
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Eastinfection
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:51pmTune in next week when we find out what happens to frozen water when it’s left on hot asphalt!
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boomboom
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:19pmIt was still cool…REAL cool.
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CoyoteDKM
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:21pmYou two must be some of the lurkers the leftist sites pay to hang out and keep an eye on the uppity right-wingers, huh? Since when is something that educates people about science, “stupid”? If you aren’t the lefty lurkers, you are their products. Congratulations on the education you got! Stop getting mad when others think learning about things is cool.
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:47pmBut yet YOU clicked on the story, YOU watched the video, You left a stupid comment, You are an imbecile. Dont like the stories on the Blaze, start your OWN website and try to please everyone, and let me know how that works out for you.
By the way, the video was interesting to those of us with a brain….
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:51pmEASTINFECT, Tune in tomorrow and see liberals lying and ignoring the truth! Oh, wait, thats all day, every day….
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Eastinfection
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:00amLIBSALWAYS…
No crap sherlock.
Lol @ you for thinking i’m a Lib.
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JoeInOKC
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:25pmOops! It appears my math doth stinketh also;-0
That should read -41 x 2 is…
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ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:32pmThats called a crazy Ivan…Arrrgg!
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midnightvelvet
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:42pmI noticed the sound the snow made when he stepped on it. It only squeeks like that when it’s very, very cold. Made me shiver a little to hear it.
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HumbleMan
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:18amI know that sound too. It’s hard to forget.
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sbenard
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:28pmI loved the smile on his face at the end. “Cool, huh?”
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skimmer57
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:46pmsbenard–Do you think if he threw a ringing wet pair of Beck’s $129.99 pairs of blue jeans in the air would they freeze before they hit the ground?
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SovereignSoul
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:07pmIt’s more interesting to convert -41 C to Fahrenheit. It’s really cool and you’ll be ‘amazed’ or ‘shocked’ (depending on the buzzword of the week).
Just in case you need it: Fahrenheit = Celsius * 9 / 5 + 32
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taintso
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:35pmWhy didn’t you just post the answer, you know we have socialist educated college graduates out here?
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DadRocked
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:04pmMake the formula easier… You’ll come within a degree of two of the answer.
Fº – 32 divided by 2
So 32F – 32 divided by two equals zero Cº.
Cº times 2 + 32 = Fº
That’s how I learned it…
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SovereignSoul
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:49amBut if I use your formula:
-41 x 2 = +82 + 32 = 114
-41 C doesn’t equal 114 F
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JoeInOKC
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:15pmDude, your math stinks; i.e
-14 x 2 is not +82 but -82. Subtract 32 and you get -50. Which is a little closer to the answer. BTW -41 x -2 IS +82.
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JoeInOKC
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:26pmDude, your math stinks; i.e
It appears my math doth stinketh also;-/ It should read -41 x 2 is not ..
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SovereignSoul
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 4:21pmHahaha…I was right! This is more interesting than the story!
We are all math idiots.
BTW -41 C =. -41 F. (approximately)
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:58pmWhat would be cool is. Stick your tonge to the metal hand rail.
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tj1961
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 8:16pmI triple dog dare you!!!
I triple dog dare you!!!!
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spfoam1
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:56pmI want to see if his tongue sticks to the handrail at -41. I double dog dare ya!
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:09pmHeck, Jearl Walker is a well known popularizer of physics, known for his physics demonstrations, which have included
sticking his hand in molten lead,
walking barefoot over hot coals,
lying on a bed of nails, and
pouring freezing-cold liquid nitrogen in his mouth
to demonstrate various principles of physics. Such demonstrations are included in his PBS series, Kinetic Karnival, produced by WVIZ in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Cab Driver Dave
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:57amSomeone has been watching “A Christmas Story” too many times. LOL but I can say from experience that you don’t want to grab anything metal without gloves at these temps. It is -43 here in Fairbanks AK right now.
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Hotrod25
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:38pmThe only question I have about this is….What the hell doesn’t freeze at -41 degrees when thrown in the air? Throw water into the air at -41 degrees and it dont freeze, then I will be impressed
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:55pmEthylene glycol antifreeze is liquid at -45°C (60%/40% water)
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Hotrod25
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:27pm@DougHuffman
I see your point but even that is pretty close to the freezing point of antifreeze. Im sure there are things that wont freeze. My point is its not impressive that 100% water froze at -41 degrees celcius at whatever temp the water was at…..with that being said, it does look pretty cool
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:39pm“I’m sure there are things that wont freeze.” No, even helium freezes below (at 2.5 MPa, 363 psi) 0.95 K, −272.20 °C, −457.96 °F.
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integrican
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:55pmI “freeze” at about 40 degrees F. LOL
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Coded-Dude
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 7:12pmLiquid Helium…..Freezes at 1.15 Kelvin, -272C, -457.6 F
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schroeder123
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:38pmYes, Cool, eh
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zman61
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:26pmwhat it does is evaporate….
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hauschild
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:21pmNice haircut.
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Zipit
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:21pmHey Top_C! If only you were as smart as a pot of boiling water! Now that would be news to me……
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OniKaze
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:40pmI hear ya…. Top-C implied that I was being a moron for having a strong dis-like for Mooslims earlier, and when I asked him why I should change my opinions, he could not come up with a single thing yet (and that was about 4 hours ago)….
His brain must only be full of Liberal Talking points, because god knows it’s not full of facts…
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:54pmTOP is on the bottom when it comes to smarts, he aint got none
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:15pmAt the other end; I attended a demonstration of a major power plant steam leak. A 2½ inch valve was opened into the STP building releasing 2 MWth of 600 psi steam. The noise was palpable sound, it hammered one’s chest. A rag-mop instantly disintegrated.
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UNALIEN
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:02pmthe real story here is that there are record cold temperatures across Russia, since 1938
Overall, 45 people have died and 266 people have been hospitalized since temperatures ranging from minus 18 degrees Celsius in the capital to minus 50 degrees in parts of Siberia gripped the country a week ago. The past week’s weather was the coldest to hit Russia since 1938, RIA-Novosti said.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/cold-snap-claims-lives-across-russia/473373.html
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OniKaze
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:42pmThat Damn Global warming…..
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integrican
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:58pmThe climate changes with the passing of every season, every year. (c;
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Cab Driver Dave
Posted on December 21, 2012 at 1:03amYes and our current weather in Fairbanks came straight out of Siberia this week.
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Zipit
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:54pmWell duh! Who hasn’t walked on to their balcony at -41, and thrown a pot of boiling water over the edge?
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simpletony
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:07pmMe.
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shakedowncrews
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:21pmLOL hilarious.
there are so many fun things to do at -41! set pumpins out to freeze and then hit them with a hammer, or drop frozen veggies off the balcony and watch them shatter (not splat, shatter)
gotta keep yourself entertained, and that was a pretty cool science experiment
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Zipit
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:43pmIndeed! Your missing the simple things in life, Tony
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chips1
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:57pmZIPIT:
You’ve never been on Tony’s balcony. He is an animal!!!!!
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pavepaws
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:47pmCool, or rather, Cold…………….
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MDECKER
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:45pmWhat happens when you throw a politician from that height in -41?
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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:53pmThey make a truly lasting impression on the American psyche…..and the sidewalk.
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:04pm.
The world becomes a better place………….
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 3:58pmI’ll go with what SPANKDAMONKEY said.
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proliance
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:24pmDidn’t I ever tell you about Bumbles? Bumbles bounce!
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taintso
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 5:38pmJust makes a lot noise, same as always.
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BlackCrow
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:36pmI spent 20 years living outside Fairbanks Alaska. The way we would check to see if it was 40 below was to take a cup of coffee, toss it into the air and if it turned into a fog and drifted away it was 40 below or colder.
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M4
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 4:09pmI live in ND. This isn’t new. Try doing this over…and over…..and over again when your small children shriek “again!!!” ;) -41? chilly day.
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Cavallo
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:35pmNeat, something that is more appropriate for a facebook post or tumbler page than a news site, though.
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SingerGuy
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:45pmCavallo, you are holding The Blaze to a standard (news site) that they don’t profess to hold. Stories of human interest and humor show up here all of the time. The Blaze has a much broader focus than you insist they should have. I, for one, enjoy the variety. Thanks Blaze editors!
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Top_Contributor
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:48pmAh, I see your problem. You mistook The Blaze for a “news site.” This is just a place for conspiracy theorists to spout hateful and violent remarks, not a “news site.”
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The-Monk
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:52pm5 pm is fast approaching…. better hurry up.
Bazinga !!! : )
702TruthSeeker
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 2:58pmyou’re right, here, go read some real news you dope
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/12/05/5-things-future-3d-printer-store-trampoline-forest?hpt=hln10_3
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on December 20, 2012 at 6:59pmTOP, then why are you here? Feel free to go the hell away and never come back.
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