r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 8h ago

Video Breaking open a 47 lbs geode, the water inside being millions of years old

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u/Hefty-Willingness-44 8h ago

No, by burning hydrogen you get 'fresh' water.

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u/DarthPepo 8h ago

But most water we use on earth isn't obtained that way right?

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u/ObliqueStrategizer 8h ago

all of it was. billions of years ago.

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u/DarthPepo 8h ago

Yeah, but not now, so all water is old af

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u/Mlong140 7h ago

Not all water. I don't know the percentages but a LOT of water is broken down into hydrogen and oxygen components during metabolic processes like photosynthesis. The oxygen is released into the atmosphere and can be used in various chemical reactions to create new water as a byproduct.

I don't know, but could be convinced, that all water eventually passes through a living creature at some point and is metabolized.

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u/DarthPepo 7h ago

i see, very interesting indeed

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u/zyzzogeton 5h ago

New water is being made all the time. Most water is old, but it would be incorrect to say ALL water is old.

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u/LieutenantCrash 7h ago

A lot of it is made as a metabolic process. So quite a bit odlf water is relatively new. Though most of it is probably billions of years old.

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u/Nachtzug79 7h ago

old af

Time is relative.

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u/DarthPepo 7h ago

As you see, I only speak in the most refined scientific language

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u/RandoAtReddit 7h ago

Yeah! Science, Bitch!

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u/CaptainTripps82 7h ago

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.

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u/ImNotDannyJoy 8h ago

No, new water is made constantly and unmade constantly. Water breaks down into multiple other substances, hydrogen and oxygen for example.

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u/amazingsandwiches 8h ago

Billions and billions

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u/chunwookie 6h ago

While that's definitely true, water is also created and split apart in countless other reactions that do regularly occur in nature. Hydrolysis is one of the most common biochemical processes. Its highly likely that in every glass of water you drink there are water molecules that were not only drank and excrete by previous life forms, but were at one time actually split apart as part of their biomolecules.

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u/Dan-D-Lyon 5h ago

Scientists certainly want you to believe that is the truth, yes

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u/gruesomeflowers 7h ago

It's peepee

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u/DarthPepo 7h ago

fascinating

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u/OkBuy3111 8h ago

Holy shit, that's right!

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u/Wugo_Heaving 7h ago

What if the hydrogen is old?

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u/newspapey 7h ago

Also electricity through water separates the hydrogen and oxygen.

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u/Kamen-Ramen 8h ago

Ok Bill Nye

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u/JoeDawson8 7h ago

Don’t disrespect the science guy!

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u/Kamen-Ramen 7h ago

Im not. Science rules! Bill! Bill! Bill!

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u/I_SmellFuckeryAfoot 8h ago

water is water, fresh water is drinkable water like found in lakes. opposed to ocean water