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Re:All of Earth's water in a single sphere by Intralexical on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:38PM (#41240124)
"Squirt with a spray bottle" is a nice euphemism for throwing asteroids at.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_water_on_Earth#Aster...

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Re:All of Earth's water in a single sphere by stavros on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:19PM (#41241265)
They mean in terms of the ratio of water to rock.
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Re:All of Earth's water in a single sphere by sfink on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @08:45PM (#41241434)
Well, the spray bottle was more to spread the water out into a thin layer as opposed to something like crashing an icy asteroid in at one spot.

I have a mental image of a gigantic cosmic being grabbing the Earth, wiping off the wet stuff with a rag, and bowling it at Proxima Centauri.

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Re:All of Earth's water in a single sphere by noisy_boy on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:39PM (#41242041)
Reminds me of the ending of Men In Black (1997).
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