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Mystery #2Tier 2heat / insulation

How does one flask keep drinks hot AND cold?

Pour steaming cocoa into a vacuum flask in the morning and it's still hot at lunch. Pour iced lemonade into the very same flask and hours later it's still cold. That's strange: how can one bottle know whether to keep things hot or cold? It seems to do two opposite jobs at once.

A vacuum (Thermos) flask, which can keep a drink hot or cold for hours.
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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