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Wednesday 28 January 2015
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The iron content of spinach was miscalculated by a German chemist when he misplaced a decimal point. While there are just 3.5 milligrams of iron in a 100g serving of spinach, the accepted number became 35 milligrams thanks to his mistake This caused the popular misconception that spinach is exceptionally high in iron, which makes the body stronger The connection between the incorrect calculation and popular cartoon character has been made in a book by scientist Samuel Arbesman
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ReplyDeleteThe iron content of spinach was miscalculated by a German chemist when he misplaced a decimal point. While there are just 3.5 milligrams of iron in a 100g serving of spinach, the accepted number became 35 milligrams thanks to his mistake
ReplyDeleteThis caused the popular misconception that spinach is exceptionally high in iron, which makes the body stronger
The connection between the incorrect calculation and popular cartoon character has been made in a book by scientist Samuel Arbesman
THEO how did you figure that out
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