How can some things like apples, cucumbers or the human body can contain so much water (86%, 96%, 60% respectively), but obviously not be in a mostly liquid state? How isn’t the minority of solid matter floating around in all that water?

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How can some things like apples, cucumbers or the human body can contain so much water (86%, 96%, 60% respectively), but obviously not be in a mostly liquid state? How isn’t the minority of solid matter floating around in all that water?

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Think each cell as an apartment in a building. The building is strong and stable, but the inside of each apartment is mostly empty space.