7. Sleeping in a Freezer This next one is absolutely something you must not try at home! We’ve all been there, sweltering at night and unable to sleep, and willing to do virtually anything to get some respite.
It turns out, when this happens, quite a few people resort to risky methods to cool off- including sitting inside their fridges or freezers! It may initially seem like a good way to cool down, but there are some pretty major risks involved in doing this. The appliances simply aren’t designed to have people inside them, so they are not built with safety in mind. It’s not a typical hang out place!! Deep freezers are particularly dangerous because, while you can fit inside and close the lid, there isn’t a handle or way to open it again from the inside. This is what a 23-year-old from Houston, Texas, found in 2016 when he propped the lid open with two broom handles before dozing off. His air con unit had broken, and he was desperate. At some point during the night the door closed, and he was found frozen solid a few days later. That’s how some people just disappear Oncasinogames! 6. Baking Cookies In Your Car You might have heard stories of people frying eggs on sidewalks in hot temperatures, especially in Southern California and Nevada, but if the thermometers really begin to rise, you can turn the windshield in you car into an oven! Rather than becoming frustrating like an Easy Bake oven, if the sun is shining bright enough you could quite easily bake a tray of cookies in a couple of hours! Fresh for when you get off work!! A news team in Arizona tried this out in 2015 during a heatwave. As temperatures soared to 115 degrees Fahrenheit, the last thing anyone probably wanted to do was eat warm chocolate cookies, but still they persevered. They left a car in direct sunlight, and placed a tray, with 11 lumps of cookie mix, on the front dashboard. Within 2 and a half hours they were fully cooked, and the experiment was a success. One mistake they made, though, was leaving their GoPro camera inside the car to film the event. It got so hot that it kept failing, and they weren’t able to record as much as they had intended to. Whoops!! 5. Architecture In Jaipur, India, temperatures can reach as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Such extremes can obviously make life very difficult for people, so architects have turned to age old design techniques to keep things more comfortable. The Pearl Academy of Fashion, for example, has been built with a perforated screen on the exterior that acts as a thermal buffer between the building and the outside environment. Known as a Jaali, it filters the air and light, so it’s much cooler inside. Another technique is known as a Stepwell. It’s a pond that is dug into the ground in buildings and full of water. When this water evaporates it cools the air around it, and acts as a natural air conditioner. The Chand Baori stepwell is a stunning historical example of this technique, but it’s being used again in more modern designs- such as the one that’s in the Pearl Academy of Fashion.
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