the (unsolved) Mystery of my freezer **update: Solved

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.

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does this make sense to anyone?

apparently someone figured it out:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/icespikes/icespikes.htm

palindrome Pangram Puzzle – a work in progress

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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