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A teaspoon of water contains more molecules than drops of water in the ocean.

Why it is true

Due to the tiny size of H2O molecules, a simple teaspoon contains about one and a half sextillion molecules, a number larger than the total volume of Earth's oceans.

Source: Chemistry Basics

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