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You can hear whether water is hot or cold

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Your ears are vastly smarter than you give them credit for. Because heat dramatically alters the viscosity of liquids, hot water splashes with distinctly different frequency profiles than cold water, meaning your brain can literally hear the temperature of the beverage being poured.

You can hear whether water is hot or cold
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