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Mind-blowing video shows how humans can hear the difference between pouring hot and cold water

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Published 18:39 20 Dec 2023 GMT

Mind-blowing video shows how humans can hear the difference between pouring hot and cold water

It sounds crazy, but there is somehow a difference between how they sound

Kit Roberts

Kit Roberts

If you've ever wondered whether you have a superpower then this might just be your moment.

Or at least, you and most other people. Maybe not so much a superpower, but still an amazing power that humans have.

You've heard of sharks being able to detect a drop of blood in an absurd amount of water, or dolphins being able to tell the material something is made of using sonar.

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Well, move over sharks and dolphins, because turns out humans may be able to tell whether water is hot or cold.

On the face of it that doesn't sound particularly impressive, but this isn't by touching the water or looking at it to check for steam.

It's by how the water sounds.

Yes, you read that right. Someone has posted a video showing that we can tell whether water is hot or cold by how it sounds.

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In the video, TikToker @curedeggyolk takes two identical glasses and tells the viewer to close their eyes.

The TikToker then pours out a glass of hot and cold water, and invites viewers to guess based on how the water sounds.

And it seems like it may not have been a fluke either, with many people taking to the comments to share the qualities that each one had.

People were stunned. One person replied: "The hot one sounds wompy and the cold one sounds clinky if that makes sense."

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Hot or cold, which is which?
TikTok / @curedeggyolk

Another said: "This may be weird but warm water sounds soft and cold water sounds hard."

A third replied: "Definitely can hear the difference.. hot one sounds more soft… cold one sounds crisp if that makes any sense to anyone else."

It turns out that not only is there actually a difference, there's science behind it.

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It's to do with the viscosity of the liquid. Colder water is more viscous than hot water, which has an impact on the way it produces sound.

According to Science Alert, the molecules in hot water have more energy and are moving around more than in cold water, so they produce a higher pitched sound.

Could you hear the difference?
TikTok / @curedeggyolk

The sound is also linked to how the water produces bubbles of air in the container as it's poured.

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Hot water tends to produce more bubbles, and more bubbles mean a higher frequency.

So there you have it - that's how you can hear the difference between hot and cold water.

What's next? Knowing what colour something is from how it smells?

Featured Image Credit: TikTok / curedeggyolk

Topics: News, TikTok, World News

Kit Roberts
Kit Roberts

Kit joined UNILAD in 2023 as a community journalist. They have previously worked for StokeonTrentLive, the Daily Mirror, and the Daily Star.

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