Just when I think I can't be surprised by anything anymore, people go and do this.
There's a new trend on TikTok where people are lighting snowballs on fire to "prove" that snow is a hoax! And some people are even claiming that snow is a government conspiracy and that the government can now control the weather. *insert eye roll* THEY CAN'T.
In the numerous videos on TikTok people can be seen holding lighters to snowballs, which then appear to burn but not melt.
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While this does appear to make it seem like the snow isn't frozen just water, it's actually caused by a very simple natural phenomenon - sublimation. When you hold a heat source that close to the snowball, it's causing it to go from a solid to gas, rather than a liquid - which is why you don't see the snowball melting in a puddle of water.



