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paddirn@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• misterundercoat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • quigat@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨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

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  • prayer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    saltpeter:100g

    So we can make explosives out of humans? Oh boy.

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    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I believe this is a minor plot point in Fight Club

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