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because you are allowing more of it to be exposed to water. it is called heat transfer. while the oxygen is much cooler than the cup itself, it will cool the cup. this happens without stirring, but with stirring, you are increasing the "surface area" (the parts that are at the bottom are being exposed) which speeds up the process.

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Blowing over a hot drink helps to cool it down as the particles in the liquid aren't the same. They have different energies which mean some will move faster than others. When we blow over the drink, we give the particles more energy. Some of the particles with more energy escape into the air. As the particles with the most energy have escaped, it leaves the average particles in the liquid. The temperature of the average particles decrease, which result into the drink cooling down.

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