Leidenfrost Effect
The Leidenfrost effect is where you can stick your hand into molten lead and not get your shit burned if you do it quickly enough. It also works with a bunch of other really hot liquids. Try it at home to impress your friends.
Technical Details
The Leidenfrost effect is a physical phenomenon in which a liquid, close to a surface that is significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly. Because of this repulsive force, a droplet hovers over the surface, rather than making physical contact with it. The effect is named after the German doctor Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who described it in A Tract About Some Qualities of Common Water.
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