how come spilled water inside and outside evaporates so quickly despite water’s evaporation point bring 100°, no where near the ambient temperature in home or outside?

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how come spilled water inside and outside evaporates so quickly despite water’s evaporation point bring 100°, no where near the ambient temperature in home or outside?

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Water’s *boiling* point is 100 Celsius, but individual water molecules can at times get enough energy to reach the equivalent of 100 C and evaporate by themselves.