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If you remove the empty space from atoms, the entire human race would fit inside an apple.

Why it is true

Atoms are composed of ninety-nine point nine nine percent empty space. If you compressed all the solid matter of the world's population, the resulting volume would be microscopic.

Source: Quantum Physics

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