Anti Freeze facts
While investigating facts about Antifreeze and Antifreeze Leak, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 2013, all 50 anti-freeze manufacturers started adding a bittering agent to their product to reduce the number of poisonings.
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70 Passengers of the Russian commercial airplane, had to push it off the frozen ground themselves, because airline company forgot to lubricate the chassis with anti freezing lubricant
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In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what antifreeze is orange. Here are 12 of the best facts about Antifreeze Coolant and Antifreeze Tester I managed to collect.
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Spring peeper hibernates during the winter, hidden under the logs, piles of leaves or loose bark of trees. It can survive almost complete freezing of the body thanks to glycerol (substance produced in the body), which acts like an anti-freeze that prevents mechanical damage of cells.
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The North American Wood Frog produces its own anti-freeze, allowing it to freeze solid and stop its own heartbeat for months at a time
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Anti-freeze proteins (AFPs) found in fish that live in subzero temperatures are about 300 times more effective in preventing freezing than conventional chemical antifreezes at the same concentration.
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After ingesting anti-freeze, a man in was saved by receiving a vodka IV infusion.
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In 1985 millions of bottles of Austrian wine were recalled after it was found that they had been artificially sweetened with diethylene glycol (a prime ingredient of anti-freeze). The scandal affected the Austrian wine industry for over a decade and would later inspire a Simpsons episode
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Pets who ingest anti-freeze can be given vodka drips as treatment.
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Syrup (as in from maple trees) functions ecologically as anti-freeze to protect the plant from harsh winters.
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Fish are able to survive the below freezing temperatures of the deep ocean due to production of anti-freeze proteins that either prevent the blood from freezing, or prevent damage to tissues that freeze.
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Fireball Whisky was recalled in Norway, Finland and Sweden for having high levels of propylene glycol, a chemical often found in anti-freeze.
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In harsh tundra climates where temperatures reach -25 degrees, mosquitoes can survive by replacing water in their body with the chemical glycerol, which acts as anti-freeze.
