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Water can boil and freeze at the exact same time at its triple point.

Why it is true

The triple point of water occurs at a very specific temperature and pressure, where the three states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas, coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium. Under these conditions, water boils and freezes simultaneously.

Source: MIT

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