Wait A Sec... That's Not How Counting Works

Wait A Sec... That's Not How Counting Works
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The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one. Water (H2O) has exactly TWO hydrogen atoms, while our solar system has exactly ONE star. Someone failed both chemistry and astronomy in spectacular fashion. The stick figure's journey from "wait, that can't be right" to "oh, I see the problem" is basically the scientific method in its most primal form - minus the peer review where your colleagues mercilessly mock your counting abilities. Next up: discovering there are more electrons in a grain of sand than there are grains of sand on Earth. (Spoiler: also wrong.)

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