# Water Molecules and Christopher Columbus

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-molecules-and-christopher-columbus/452307 "2008-06-09T07:01:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-molecules-and-christopher-columbus/452307/1 "2008-06-09T07:01:56Z")

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I remember something from my childhood that I am trying to confirm. I was told that if Christopher Columbus had dumped a cup of water in the ocean, any cup of water taken from any ocean today would have at least 250 molecules from the original cup of water Columbus dumped. Can this be true?!

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