nowhereman136 t1_j540aud wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:59 AM

This is one of those things I though was general knowledge but apparently a ton of people don't know. You never know what kinda useless knowledge you in your mind you take for granted.

explicitlarynx t1_j54ievm wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:46 AM

Yeah, I mean, what else should it be?

Novaskittles t1_j562jgx wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Another random wax fact that I blew my friend's mind with: candles use the wax as fuel, not the wick. The heat melts the solid wax and the wick soaks up the liquid wax and burns it.

soda-jerk t1_j54oo3v wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:11 AM

I guess so?

To be fair, I don't think the ability to assess a substance based on its displayed physical properties is particularly useless. People just need to be a bit more inquisitive.

7ofalltrades t1_j55uct1 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM

"What is this stuff that melts at a temperature only slightly warmer than your average room temperature and doesn't mix with water? WHAT COULD IT BE??"

This is the kind of lack of critical thinking that worries me and makes for really funny internet videos.

shyyyyme OP t1_j55vgls wrote on January 20, 2023 at 4:47 PM

For me it's more like, lava lamps are only the kind of thing I saw when I was like, a toddler. So I've been aware of their existence for a long time, but it's not really something I've ever thought about up until now. I definitely didn't have any real idea of properties like density changes with temperature when I was young enough that lava lamps were still around.