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This reminded me of an undergraduate Physics professor who made us estimate the fraction of molecules in one breath that had been exhaled by Jesus. Fun times.
by flobosg 4y ago
This reminded me of an undergraduate Physics professor who made us estimate the fraction of molecules in one breath that had been exhaled by Jesus. Fun times.
- Thiez 4y agoI remember a question that was similar in nature; suppose you (accidentally of course!) drop a full but opened bottle of vodka in the sea. That night there is a huge storm that mixes all the water in the oceans so that the vodka is distributed perfectly. How many alcohol molecules (from that original bottle, ignoring any existing alcohol, evaporation, and other chemical or biological processes that would interfere with the answer) are in a liter of seawater? Sadly I do not recall the answer but it was way more than I expected. The Avogadro constant is a lot.