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Why are hydrogen and oxygen so watery when they get together?

A Siberian tiger ponders the mystery of water
A Siberian tiger ponders the mystery of water ... Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

I understand the atomic structure of hydrogen and of oxygen, but why do they look like water when they get together?

Ruth Garrod, Twickenham

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