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xkcd #3022: Making Tea (xkcd.com)
submitted 8 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

https://explainxkcd.com/3022/

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't cool down faster. That makes no sense.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Listen I can't prove it, but I swear on my mother it does

[–] 0xD 4 points 8 months ago

You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D