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What are some commonly known facts that are too bizarre for you to believe to be true? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by zirzedolta@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it is the fact that our blood contains iron. I earlier used to believe the word stood for some 'organic element' since I couldn't accept we had metal flowing through our supposed carbon-based bodies, till I realized that is where the taste and smell of blood comes from.

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[–] lemann@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh my... I refuse to accept this as reality

We're all organically powered metal meat machines? 😭

[–] Turun@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

In the same sense that we contain a massive volume of gas, because there is a lot of hydrogen in our bodies. Yes, hydrogen is a gas, and yes, there is a lot of it on our body. But it's bound, so it doesn't count.

It would be more accurate to call it stone than metal, because the calcium in our bones is also bound to other elements, which means it does not exhibit its usual metal characteristics.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 year ago

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 5 points 1 year ago

The meat is suffused with more metal throughout it

[–] mitchell@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re made out of meat.

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