If you make a snowball and try to set it on fire, the thing won't melt. The snow will first turn black. Then it'll start to vanish – but you'll get no water. So where's the water gone? Why doesn't snow melt under fire? And why does the snow turn black over the flame? The answer's surprisingly simple! It's another round of cool random facts from Bright Side! Like why some eggs are pointier than others? Or what happens to a star when a black hole eats it? How about this one: how many skyscrapers could you stack in the Mariana Trench?

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