"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."
On old war ships the steel/iron cannon balls were stacked on brass rings, when really cold the brass and steel had different contraction rates, causing the cannon balls to fall off.
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On old war ships the steel/iron cannon balls were stacked on brass rings, when really cold the brass and steel had different contraction rates, causing the cannon balls to fall off.