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Explaining How Those Spikes Form on Ice Cubes

Short answer: Because, science

By Rain Noe - June 1, 2015

in Video | Food

Icicles I get: Water drips downward and freezes. But I've often wondered how the HELL water drips upwards and freezes, forming those weird spikes I occasionally find on ice cubes in the ice tray.

Man of science that I am, I always assumed that either

a) My freezer contains an invisible anti-gravity portal secretly installed by alien micronauts, or

b) My ice cubes are attempting to evolve a primitive self-defense mechanism.

But the guys over at the educational Veritasium YouTube channel have a different, potentially more accurate explanation:

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