Interesting Pictures That Answer the Question “What Happens If”

John Summers • Contributor

Sep 9, 2024 8:00 PM EDT

What happens if you freeze a coconut? The water inside expands, causing it to crack open! What happens if you leave a container of Play-Doh sealed for over a decade? It develops crystals! What happens when you put blue food coloring in white roses' water? The rose turns blue! These are just a few examples of the weird and interesting questions on this list. Have I ever wondered what develops at the bottom of a maple syrup bottle left in the fridge for years? No! Do I want to know the answer? Absolutely!

If someone told me you could make tiny popcorn out of bird seeds, I would have assumed they were lying. But once you've got the pictures to back it up, it becomes a teachable moment. I didn't know it was possible—and now I do. Here are several Interesting pictures that answer the question "what happens if".

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Just 2 girls that went swimming in an outdoor pool at −40°C

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Coconuts can crack open when they’re in the freezer

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If a bag of chips gets microwaved, it shrinks

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Someone opened a decade old Play-Doh container to find that it had grown crystals

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Black shirt got a solar tie-dyed after years of laying in the back of a car

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Planting 90k trees takes a few inches off of a shovel

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Clear furnace filter vs 2 weeks of wildfires

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This happens if you don’t eat your artichoke

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Someone microwaved some birdseed and accidentally made tiny popcorn.

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Ice fur is when a soggy stump goes through a hard freeze

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Here’s what happens if you keep half a cabbage in the refrigerator for way too long

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When you heat a marble over a flame and immediately drop it into cold water

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Crystals found at the bottom of a maple syrup bottle that sat in the back of a fridge for a few years

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A families grandma used the same spoon in her coffee for about 45 years and it’s gone square

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Here’s what happens if you’re shortsighted in one eye, farsighted in the other, and you put your glasses in the sun

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Here’s what a basketball court looks like when the pipes under it burst

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When you put blue food coloring in white roses’ water

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Here’s how titanium changes color if you hit it with different voltages

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