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catbyte

(34,376 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 11:05 PM Nov 2018

Something to make you go hmmmm.



One of my math professors once said:

Statistically speaking, at least one molecule of H2O out of every glass of water you ever drank once passed through a dinosaur 🦕

Regardless if what he said was true or not, I think 🤔 it's quite profound food for thought 💭
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Something to make you go hmmmm. (Original Post) catbyte Nov 2018 OP
What are the statistical possibilities Cirque du So-What Nov 2018 #1
Indeed. You have atoms in you from every thing that has TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #2
Interesting reply: Rhiannon12866 Nov 2018 #3
Hmmmm. n/t Harker Nov 2018 #4
Water is one of the most stable molecules out there... Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #5

Cirque du So-What

(25,932 posts)
1. What are the statistical possibilities
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 11:12 PM
Nov 2018

for those who obtain their drinking water from Lake Erie? Makes passing through a dinosaur seem absolutely charming in comparison.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,183 posts)
2. Indeed. You have atoms in you from every thing that has
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 11:17 PM
Nov 2018

ever lived. You have atoms that were once part of Hitler and of Jesus, part of your first pet and the person you stood behind at the grocery store. I lost my mother in 2004, but some of her atoms are still in me and that gives me some comfort.

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