Gizzer 
Oct 16, 2002
| That's impressive! And thanks for properly calling Canadian summers hot! |
ccccc 
Oct 16, 2002
| good 1 |
jizzyhuggs
Oct 18, 2002
| I agree canadian summers are properly recognized, finally!;) |
Ember
Oct 24, 2002
| I like cheese to, but very great teaser |
JTJS
Nov 22, 2002
| Very informative and interesting thank you |
cs526columbia
Nov 22, 2002
| great work |
MrIxolite 
Nov 22, 2002
| Very interesting but not easy to get unless you are an expert on 19th Century engineering. Good fun though, like the red egyptian herring! |
(user deleted)
Nov 22, 2002
| That's cool! It's amazing that a substance that simple can be so strong. Thanks for the info. |
doggyxp
Dec 15, 2002
| very clever, but did you make it up or get it from some where like the internet? |
Princess_Neopia
Dec 17, 2002
| Good job |
RayneeDay
Jan 14, 2003
| HOT Canadian summers??????? AAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa, ROTLMAO. What does Canada know of hot summers. Listen fella's 3 days when temperatures reach the 80's does not a summer make. |
Gizzer
Jan 15, 2003
| Rayn, you are just showing your ignorance. |
morrigan
Feb 04, 2003
| Canadian summers are hot? I'd trade a Canadian summer for an aussie one any day, the way I feel at the moment. It's gotten to forty this summer (that's in celcius, it would be about 104 degrees fahrenheit). So bring on the Canadian summers! Oh, and good teaser. |
jimbo
Feb 28, 2003
| Is that Pykrete for real or did you make it up? It's not in my encyclopaedia! |
Sir_Col
Nov 22, 2003
| That was interesting, and thanks for bringing Pykrete to our attention; I had never heard about it before. However, I did some research and stumbling on this link, which seems to present a well balanced view on the substance, and may explain why it is not that well known, nor is it being used as you would expect given its supposed 'super properties': http://jwgibbs.cchem.berkeley.edu/CFGoodeve/pykrete.html. |
alfador_yx
Nov 22, 2003
| Real Cool! Learnt something new.  |
curtiss82
Dec 24, 2003
| I'm impressed. |
no1special
Nov 22, 2004
| or ya could just wait for winter, if the lake freezes over...  |
I_am_the_Omega
Nov 22, 2004
| Hmm. I guess no one told that to the makers of the Titanic! (Probably would've been a really good idea...)
I don't get how some teasers with relatively reasonably-known facts can be rejected as "too uncommon knowledge," while things like this (which no one knows!) aren't. I personally think this is a good teaser (not because the teaser is fun.. lol, but because the information is really cool). I think both should be acceptable ;P |
Tranzt
Nov 22, 2004
| Look up Pykrete on http://www.wikipedia.com |
I_am_the_Omega
Nov 22, 2004
| omg i LOVE wikipedia... its soo cool =D |
gemtiger
Nov 22, 2004
| That's pretty neat. I knew it had something to do with the wood pulp.... |
tnaciousdil
Nov 22, 2004
| Supplies: Refrigeration unit, water, and wood pulp
Process: Freeze water and wood pulp
though it is a minor fault...wouldnt you have to have a freezer unit instead of a refrigeration unit? A refrigerator only cools things..not freezes
other than that...great teaser |
swithie
Nov 23, 2004
| Well you learn something new everyday  |
(user deleted)
Nov 23, 2004
| i actually got that you freeze the wood pulp with the water, but didnt know that other stuff good teaser |
Celanba
Sep 09, 2005
| BOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRING!  |
bmc55
Nov 22, 2005
| Hey Celenbe... I bet you learned interesting and informative scientific facts from this teaser. Knowledge is WISDOM, and someday you may share your knowledge with others. Thanks for the grat teaser. |
bmc55
Nov 22, 2005
| great sp. |
cuteandditzy
Nov 22, 2005
| Would have never guessed that in a million years. |
meme2559
Nov 22, 2005
| this one should have been a trick too lol |
TheEarthling
Nov 22, 2005
| Wow, I can't believe I actually got that right! I sort of just worked it out with my weird logic.  |
bluehawk
Nov 22, 2005
| VERY INGENIOUS "IM PARA NOID"! .THE OLD BRAIN STILL WORKS....... .THIS ONE I LIKED!!!!! KEEP EM COMIN'. THANX.  |
TheEarthling
Nov 22, 2005
| Wow, I can't believe I got this right! It was one of those teasers I worked out with my weird logic. |
precious1026
Nov 22, 2005
|  Sorry, I must not tell a Lie: This Teaser was good, but I still donn't understand the wood pulp. If the ice melts would the wood pulp just scatter in the water? NO, of course not, Iam missing the Glue, or Nails, or you're just lying to the Braingle Community. Boring, Boring.  |
Chakoteya
Nov 22, 2005
| Like all trivia - you either know the fact or you don't. I didn't, and there was no way to figure it out without doing internet searches.....  |
lazy-boy
Nov 22, 2005
| This was very interesting |
Splatt
Nov 22, 2005
| Fascinating. I had actually guessed that you threw the pulp atop the ice, as I remember that's how it was done in Little House on the Prairie books when i was a kid. That's how they rigged up refrigeration in the warmer months...
they dug out a cellar, took blocks of ice from the winter, covered them in sawdust or woodpulp, and that's what preserved their perishables in summer.
Informative, and thanks also for the link. Woohoo. |
speediebean
Nov 22, 2005
| Boy oh boy, Mr. Noid, you sure are good at making people think!! It's great to learn neat stuff like that!!!
Excellent job!!! |
mischievousmiss
Nov 22, 2005
| That was fun. Got me pretty go, first thing I thought was the mummy!  I think those of you that didn't like it are just mad that you didn't get it.  |
ceeyaaa
Nov 22, 2005
| I actually got it even though I usually miss the Science teasers |
Brainy_1
Nov 22, 2005
| Yep, good teaser! I am using the wood pulp...that was my guess! I liked it and I'm always up for learning something new every day!! Although, I have heard of Pykrete before! Good one! |
cassiemark
Nov 22, 2005
| I guessed at freezing the wood pulp into the water but didn't know what the mixture was called. Thanks for the lesson! |
amyu05
Nov 22, 2005
| Cool!! I want to go out and build one right now !!! Listen, Y'all don't know "hot" until you all come to Texas!! its November and I am still wearing shorts and a t-shirt!!! We BBQ for Christmas!!! Other than that I enjoyed it!!!! Thanks you da bomb!!! Snaps for you!!! (snap snap) |
choptlivva
Nov 22, 2005
| VERY INTERESTING!!! Who would have thought that frozen wet wood pulp would have those kind of properties!!! Amazingly though, I guessed right! Somehow the mummy just didn't fit logically. Good one!!! |
Aarghonauts
Nov 22, 2005
| Who knew? Thanks for that bit o' trivia. |
mekaboo27
Nov 22, 2005
| I thought this one was very informative. I like learning new things everyday. This one is the first to go on the fav list! keep stuff like this coming! |
BATBrain
Nov 22, 2005
| Hard and easy at the same time.
Hard if you consider to get it right you had to know the specific info regarding pyecrete. Sorta easy if all you had to do is guess the right answer. Process - first dismissing the mummy as an obvious red herring and then thinking about what one would do with the remaining element the saw dust. that leads to obvious consideration of mixing it with water but had to think about how to turn that soup hard .........duh ..... freeze it!
All a bit too educational for a Braingle LOL |
bookworm91
Nov 22, 2005
| wow talk about wierd facts. thats awesome! this is going on my favorites list just because its so uncommon. i never knew anything about pyecrete. do you think they could do somthing similar w/ concrete? |
rkaaland
Nov 22, 2005
| What a wonderful way to start my day!!! I got it but didn't know about the big boat that was built!! Thank you |
paradisebabe
Nov 22, 2005
| i like it d i dont really bother reading long things but i had to read it coz i really wanted to know! |
soccercow10
Nov 22, 2005
| I actually got this one. !i just noticed the wood pulp and thought why not mix it in with the water?  that must do something !
It wasnt all a guess though.... |
soccercow10
Nov 22, 2005
| and how does anyone get hot Canadian summers from this teaser??????i want to know!!!!!! |
cassiusmommy
Nov 22, 2005
| I guess I used to think this site was fun and challenging. No offense to those of you who try, but these teasers get worse daily...at least someone is enjoying it. I am officially taking Briangle off of my homepage. |
Lady_Lani
Nov 22, 2005
| amazing, thanks for the interesting info. keep it up! I like to learn |
dodgerh8ter
Nov 22, 2005
| Is Canada hot in summer? I can't remember because I spent my entire time there swating the biggest mosquitos on the face of the planet.
Yeah it is hot there.
Great teaser. |
Katelin
Nov 22, 2005
| Hey, I think this is a great teaser! I especially like the whole "this just HAPPENS to be here" theme! Lol, keep it up, it really was good! |
MurfQ
Nov 22, 2005
| I knew what to do, but I never knew the proper name or even that there was a proper name for the frozen mixture of water and pulp. And those facts you threw in are pretty wild, albeit somewhat difficult to believe.
For a more practical application of similar principles, newspaper is great to wrap frozen food in to keep it from thawing for a few hours like when traveling |
srichardson1066
Nov 22, 2005
| Very interesting. I had no clue what the solution was, knowing very little of science, but I found this interesting none-the-less! |
christine77
Nov 22, 2005
| Thank you ~ ~ ~ very interesting!
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spoiled_rotten
Nov 22, 2005
| god youre so stupid |
okie12342004
Nov 22, 2005
| I remember seeing this on the History channel. During the latter part of WWII the British wanted to build and aircraft carrier out of this stuff. During a meeting with American Admirals a british officer took out his pistol and fired at a block of it. The bullet bounced off and in the American Admirals leg. Istill didn't figure it out. |
gobananas732
Nov 22, 2005
| Cool!!! Very informative. I've never in all my life heard of "pykrete." It was interesting tho.
(Hot summers in CANADA??! ) |
lindquist_25
Nov 22, 2005
| Ok, no one would actually know that exept you! That was dumb! |
POPS
Nov 22, 2005
| Interesting I guess????? Way out of my LEAGUE A scientist I am NOT Any way,Who in his RIGHT mind would want a boat made out of ICE????????  |
shawneeo
Nov 22, 2005
| wHO knew? That's very interesting! I thought of mixing the pulp in first. Then I thought that that wouldn't doo anything, but putting the wood pulp in the mold as a coating, then pour the water in an freeze it; I figured that would make the wood pulp freeze on the outside, acting as an insulation! Then, because there's a mummy you might as well use it, you unwrap the mummy *risking bringing an ancient curse for anyone who disturbs the corpse* and wrap the material around the outside of the iceboat, thereby holding the woodpulp on and further strengthening and insulating the ice! In any case, I think that even if you know about the Pykrete you may as well use the mummy wrap to make it stronger! Thanks, this was fun! |
cheer_leader_qt
Nov 22, 2005
| well... i thought it was hard..... but... i never thought about that kinda thing o well.... wen m i ever gonna need it!?!? |
legodude
Nov 22, 2005
| Being technically minded as I sometimes can be , I immediatley noticed the "...not melt *before* you sail..." part. Of course, if the ice has to remain solid *before* the sail arcoss the lake, once the ice has been frozen, the task is done once you place the ice in the lake (and it melts). |
MajikLojik
Nov 22, 2005
| Interesting. I figured using the wood pulp with the mold and freezing it.. however, I did not know of the existence of Pykrete. Kudos. |
bookerj07
Nov 22, 2005
| sorry i didn't like it i thought it was boring and it's like who would know that anyway?!  |
kimberlykay
Nov 22, 2005
| boy...looks like someone pulled this one out of the archives. There must be more recent teasers than this that are worthy of being the daily teaser. This one just isn't my cup of tea...no offense! |
shawneeo
Nov 22, 2005
| I was just reading the comments and noticed all this talk about Canadian summers, then re-read the teaser: there's NOTHING about being in Canada, and the person who wrote the teaser lives in Wisconsin!!!! It's like Whisper Down the Lane! And then, everyone is like: YOU think YOUR summers are HOT! You should feel OUR hot summers! Hilarious!!!
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Winner4600
Nov 22, 2005
| Canada is mentioned in the answer. I went once in Aug. and it was around 60 degrees, so I really can't agree with the hot summer thing. |
stephiesd
Nov 22, 2005
| Yeah. summer;s get pretty hot in california too. a few years ago, it was like, 112 for like 2 weeks stright. |
wizkid
Nov 22, 2005
| Great teaser. Idda never guessed. |
jessjspieks
Nov 22, 2005
| And what is wrong with Wisconsin??? |
martiemr
Nov 23, 2005
| yawn. |
baby_girls23
Nov 23, 2005
| this brain teaser is STUPID! |
leroy_h
Nov 23, 2005
| I didnt like this one at all. |
jacstop
Nov 23, 2005
| Hey! I saw the same Discovery Channel special! You built more suspense though |
don_antonini
Nov 23, 2005
|
nice but so easy for me |
kayt010
Nov 23, 2005
| GOOD 1!!
THAT WUZ SOOOOOOOOOOO HARD 4 ME!!!!
iGUESS I AM REALY STUPID!!! |
Sara2009
Nov 23, 2005
| That is the stupidest teaser ive ever seen. Even i can make a better one than that i just don't want to take the time.This was boring!!!!!! |
schatzy228
Nov 23, 2005
| considering the category, i dont know what some people's problem is,,,maybe they should stick with tic tac toe, and leave the trivia matters for others to enjoy or not.
not my type of teaser, but i found it interesting and informative and fun |
shawneeo
Nov 23, 2005
| Oh yeah, Canada IS in the answer, wadda ya know????? Who said there was anything WRONG with Wisconsin? Gee whiz, lol. I wish some of you would just not say anything instead of saying it's stupid, dumb, boring, etc. Either say why you think that, or don't say that, or write your own so you can see how hard it is. Have just a LITTLE consideration for the author's feelings! These are by members! |
David1966
Nov 27, 2005
| BLah that waz weird!!!!!! Made no sense 2 me!!!! |
eabreu92
Feb 26, 2006
| oh yeah, you think Canadian summers are hot???
wait until you come to Vermont!!!! Our summers are waaaaay hotter than yours.... (hint of sarcasm...)
Stop competing over whose summers are hotter!!! I get it!! Canada is cold... |
Vigo95
Mar 15, 2006
| i saw something about this within the past month or so on discovery or the history channel . whichever of the nerd networks i always watch ! |
Smudge
Jun 22, 2006
| *cough*
"Canadian" and "hot summer" shouldn't be allowed in the same sentence! |
stil
Dec 02, 2006
| Please DO NOT "forget about the mummy." If you're going to "sail" across the lake, the windings, bones and pine tars will be needed to build the sail.
A fact I don't see is the buoyancy of pykrete. It must be less than that of ice because the pulp must lose its buoyancy before it will mix with water. That suggests pykrete will float deeper, making it less manuverable and slower. Slower, in turn, means more time to melt.
I like the trivia, even though it may be less than accurate.
More outside the box - Make a propulsion device (sling from mummy bandages, cannon powered by refrigerant, etc.) and a tiny little boat. Then, catapult or "sail it across the lake." The question doesn't lock you into sailing in the boat! And, considering the looney expenses of pykrete related tests, this may be the best way. |
koma
Jan 24, 2007
| Why would someone just leave a mummy near a lake, much less on a pile of wood? |
MusiK
Dec 26, 2009
| wow how interesting
somewhat random, but cool b^^d |
precious1026
Feb 14, 2010
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precious1026
Feb 14, 2010
| It would not be an ice boat, more like a Wet Wood and cold float.
Good Teaser, I guess. |
dalfamnest
Feb 14, 2010
| Really interesting teaser. Worthy of its TOTD spot. It's good to have a think and then learn something. |
patiencewithaP
Feb 14, 2010
| Well written! |
beyonce123
Feb 14, 2010
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bradon182001
Feb 14, 2010
| Nicely written, informative and educational. Thanks for posting. |
TallTimber
Feb 14, 2010
| Good one. |
doehead
Feb 14, 2010
| I've read about pykrete before so I was lucky to come up with the answer. |
xxsoftballxx13x
Feb 14, 2010
| I think that I learn something new, like every day. |
craniac
Feb 14, 2010
| Look up the pykrete article in Wikipedia where it is reported a small-scale boat was made of this stuff and only lasted 23 minutes in the water before it began springing leaks. (Maybe it could get across a very small lake.) This is a myth, as the judges should have known, and substantiated proof should have been cited by the maker. |
Johnny
Feb 14, 2010
| Why forget about the mummy? Mummies are cool! |
(user deleted)
Feb 14, 2010
| Does no one hear watch mythbusters? Just google "mythbusters ice boat". They showed it's possible to build a small boat, but impractical as it melts quickly. And a 60 ft pykrete boat was never built, do your research. |
mumbojumbo1234
Feb 14, 2010
| fail. |
auntiesis
Feb 14, 2010
| I knew the answer, but I don't know how I knew. I must have heard about pycrete before and it was lodged in my mind waiting to come out. |
UptheHill
Feb 14, 2010
| NICE!!! |
legojedi1
May 16, 2010
| They made a boat out of it in Mythbusters |
Kronos
Feb 24, 2011
| That is very interesting! Thanks for the information about it! I enjoyed learning of it. |
