• TheOakTree@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    I once brought up in a family dinner how incredible and strange water is, and how we don’t really think about it.

    It appears naturally in all three phases, expands when frozen, has a high surface tension, has a high specific heat, and can behave as a mild base or acid. Oh, and all the living stuff has water in it.

    Nobody really understood what I meant except my sister.

    • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net
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      4 days ago

      If it makes you feel any better, I totally get it.

      I’ve thought many times how different the universe would be (would complex life on earth even work the same way???) if frozen water became more dense and sank like most frozen substances.