Water: 35 liters, Carbon: 20 kg, Ammonia: 4 liters, Lime:1.5 kg, Phosphrus: 800 g, salt: 250g, saltpeter:100g, Sulfer: 80g, Fluorine: 7.5 g, iron: 5.6 g, Silicon: 3g, and 15 other elements in small quantities… thats the total chemical makeup of the average adult body. Modern science knows all of this, but there has never been a single example of succesful human trasmutation.
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paddirn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Semi-related: Only small amounts of copper are typically stored in the human body, and the average adult has a total body content of 50–120 mg copper. Most copper is excreted in bile, and a small amount is excreted in urine.
misterundercoat@lemmy.world 9 months ago
quigat@lemm.ee 9 months ago
These are the Things that Make a Man Iron enough to make a nail, Lime enough to paint a wall, Water enough to drown a dog, Sulphur enough to stop the fleas, Potash enough to wash a shirt, Gold enough to buy a bean, Silver enough to coat a pin, Lead enough to ballast a bird, Phosphor enough to light the town, Poison enough to kill a cow, Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart.
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
prayer@lemmy.world 9 months ago
saltpeter:100g
So we can make explosives out of humans? Oh boy.
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I believe this is a minor plot point in Fight Club
PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Damn why is there so much copper in food
Kalkaline@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
More if you have Wilson’s Disease
paddirn@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Get to work, crackheads