Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water sometimes?

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I heard about this thing called the Mpemba effect where hot water can freeze quicker than cold water under certain conditions. How does that even work?

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spraying hot water as tiny droplets immediately freezes into floating ice-crystals, because heat from the hot-water dissipates quicker into the atmosphere.

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