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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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[–] SimulatedLiberalism@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cows are evolutionarily closer to whales than horses.

How?!

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

I don't think that counts as "commonly known"

[–] chtk@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also: mushrooms are genetically closer to animals than plants. If and how that impacts vegetarians and vegans, I'll leave to you, the reader.

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mushrooms are plants made out of meat. They are the opposite of shellfish which are plants made out of meat.