Dovetailing w/this topic.... This is something I've always wondered, but never looked into.

So, I just took the foil off the top of my turkey for the last hour of roasting. Pulled out the roasting pan with oven mitts (obviously), but then took the foil cover off w/my bare hands. Why the HELL does aluminum foil, just out of the oven, not feel hot to the touch?

I am a very science-oriented person, but this one always baffled me.