Ah, the old canard about hot water freezing before the cold water will!

Here's how the canard got started.
If you take some hot water and cold water and put them into the freezer, the
hot water will lose heat faster than the cold water will. This is indeed
true as the hot water has a lot higher temp differential than the colder
water will. As a result of this heat loss, the typical idiot will conclude
that the hot will freeze before the cold water will because it will be
losing heat faster than the cold water will. The reason he's an idiot is
that the hot water when it gets colder, will lose heat at the same rate that
the cold water was losing it. As a result, the hot water will always be
behind the cold water in getting to the freezing point.
The curve of heat loss isn't a linear slope but rather a curved slope
depending upon the instantenous temp differential between the water and the
air surrounding it.
I'll note that when playing this game in the freezer, you can make it turn
out differently depending upon how much of the glass is touching the cold
stuff inside and which glass it is. Touching some cold meat or such will
increase the transfer of heat out of the glass and that will drastically
affect the actual point at which the freezing begins.
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Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?