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2982: Water Filtration (xkcd.com)
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You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

https://explainxkcd.com/2982

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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

now you made me want to try it lol, where can I get 'dead' water? is distilled water the same thing?

[–] j4yt33@feddit.org 13 points 2 months ago

Not quite, but very close

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Distilled is good enough for demonstration purposes.