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Solidly Ethereal

We’re made of stuff that’s hardly even here composed of atoms that are mostly space. The solidity with which they appear happens because their trapped electrons race around the nucleus -- near light speed fast -- and always possess a negative charge that wont let other negative charge past. They also make the atom appear large. Around the nucleus, that is tiny, electrons blur to a far distant cloud. Were we their size, we wouldn’t even see the nucleus we’d remotely enshroud. The percent of empty space that we define is ninety nine point nine nine nine nine nine.

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