That type of ultra-fast quenching will make it very hard and brittle. Also, this is awesome.

Now I understand those mysterious holes in Russia. :-)

This is one of those things you do simply because you can, huh??

For science!

Thats the secret to them bunker busters, only works in winter.

This serves absolutely no purpose. Awesome!

Balls deep, for science.

I get a kick out of recognizing little moments of human behavior; he knows it's cooled off, but still gives it a little test pickup. It's funny, because that's exactly what I would do, even knowing rationally that it's now ice cold.

I have this weird feeling like I just watched something die and I'm not sure if it was the metal or the ice.

gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, doesn't it?

The Leidenfrost Effect might interfere with rationality here.

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