Water is Really Old

Have you ever had a drink of water, and then wondered how old it is?  Its actually unfathomably old if you think about it. I mean, does the earth ever produce "new" water?  No. Every molecule of water on this planet has been here for millions of years. You are drinking really, really old water.  So think about that, the next time you have a cold drink of water. Parts of that water have probably been to the North Pole, other parts from a lake in Nebraska, and even more of it maybe reconstituted from a rabbits's urine.  All the water we drink gets peed out, goes into the ground, goes up to the atmosphere, rains down, and a few steps later, end up in our drinking fountains.

Water is really old.  There is no such thing as a fresh glass of water. As an aside, how amazing is it that whatever huge percentage of the earth's surface is water, is undrinkable. Can't touch it. When I was a kid and was told that ocean water is undrinkable, I was like huh?  That can't be true, let me try some.  On vacation in the mid 70s, I took in a gulp and swallowed.  Yuck!

But anyway.  Water is so darn old.  Did I mention that? You are drinking something that has been here so much longer than you have, its unreal.