The reference, for those who aren't Onion fans.

Yeah, I would tend to call BS on that particular statistic. Let's say the average water bottle is .5L. In that one, single water bottle that is sitting on my desk, there are 5.01*10^25 atoms. That's one hell of a number.

Now, let's pretend God has a really good magnifying glass and a really small set of tweezers, and he's removing atoms from this water bottle at a rate of 1 per second. Conservative estimates put the universe at 13.5 billion years old, which converts to 4.25*10^17 seconds.

So, since the beginning of time, God has removed 4.25*10^17 atoms from my water bottle. A lot, right? Not quit. (4.25*10^17)/(5.01*10^25)=8.00*10^-9.

Even removing an atom every second since the beginning of time, only a few trillionths are missing from my bottle of water. That's just a bottle of water, now imagine the number of atoms in the ocean, or in the sun. Something does not seem right with the "More than number of atoms in the universe" claim.

Well for starters, I think I would have to worry about more than my iPhone cover. Just looking around, I think a solid 50% of things on my desk would be gone. Do not underestimate the reliance we have on plastics.

Just as when you're discussing the "right age" to start texting, you have to remember that all kids are different. I'm 18, live in the "swankier part of town" and have been driving my little Scion xA for two years and it's in about as good condition as one could possibly expect. Just because my parents paid for my car doesn't mean that I don't value it and treat it with respect.

While that particular kid might treat his BMW like a piece of trash, there are other kids (like myself) who would treat that car like gold.

It's actually quite useful. While I doubt most people even know where Seoul is, it's a convenient marker. Sure, they could have said, "About 70 miles southeast of Gwanju." but I highly doubt that would've been any more useful.

CORRELATION != CAUSATION

But most submarine crews are much larger than 6.

I think this was more a test of: "Can we pick 6 people, lock them in a tin can for 3 months, and not have them kill each other?"