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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The dry composition of the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, It also contains fractional amounts of argon and carbon dioxide and trace amounts of other gases, such as helium, neon, methane, krypton, and hydrogen

We make is simply by calling it air

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Comparison would check out if we said Oxygen every time instead of air.