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Science for Kids / Science's Not Boring: The Kids Science Podcast · August 20 · 11 min

What is the water cycle?

Grab your water bottles, because the water you are drinking right now has a wild, ancient secret! Did you know that the Earth's water is about 4.5 billion years old? That means the exact same water in your cup might have been sneezed out by a Woolly Mammoth, frozen in a massive glacier, or even swallowed by a giant Brachiosaurus during the Jurassic Period! Yep, you might literally be drinking purified dinosaur pee! Join hosts Mira and Finn on an epic journey as they follow a single, freezing drop of water on a globe-trotting adventure. You'll learn how long water stays in the pitch-black ocean, how it floats invisibly into the clouds, and how it gets trapped in rivers of ice. Plus, discover the jaw-dropping story of a brave scientist who found 2-billion-year-old water deep inside a Canadian mine—and actually tasted it! Get ready for mind-blowing facts, massive numbers, and a fun quiz to test your knowledge about the most extreme survivor on planet Earth: water!

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Grab your water bottles, because the water you are drinking right now has a wild, ancient secret! Did you know that the Earth's water is about 4.5 billion years old? That means the exact same water in your cup might have been sneezed out by a Woolly Mammoth, frozen in a massive glacier, or even swallowed by a giant Brachiosaurus during the Jurassic Period! Yep, you might literally be drinking purified dinosaur pee!

Join hosts Mira and Finn on an epic journey as they follow a single, freezing drop of water on a globe-trotting adventure. You'll learn how long water stays in the pitch-black ocean, how it floats invisibly into the clouds, and how it gets trapped in rivers of ice. Plus, discover the jaw-dropping story of a brave scientist who found 2-billion-year-old water deep inside a Canadian mine—and actually tasted it! Get ready for mind-blowing facts, massive numbers, and a fun quiz to test your knowledge about the most extreme survivor on planet Earth: water!

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