step 1: fill ice tray with normal water from tap
step 2: put tray in freezer
step 3: let time pass
step 4: open freezer to see ice spears shooting up from ice tray
this has happened more than once.
does this make sense to anyone?
apparently someone figured it out:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/icespikes/icespikes.htm
Definitions:
A palindrome is a sequence of words like "lid off a daffodil" or "shallot ayatollahs" that uses the same letters reading backwards as forwards.
A pangram is a sequence of words that contains every letter of the alphabet (at least once).
Puzzle:
Find the shortest sequence of words that is both a pangram and a palindrome.
The sequence need not form a meaningful or grammatical sentence.
Use this dictionary: WORD.LST
from ITA Software
is this solvable with 1 man’s resources and timeframe?
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