Re: USF4 changes!
- From: Manase Zote <bmlzote@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:44:03 +0200
Hmm, Nicholas Cage as Supes with a mullet?
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/25/5936523/superman-lives-documentary-looks-at-burton-cage-failed-film
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just read a very interesting paper urban legends in academia, with the
> story of spinach as the example.
>
> People believe that spinach is good for you because of it's high iron
> content. Well, the reason people believe that is because of an incorrect
> decimal in a research paper in the 1930s that made it seem that spinach has
> 10x the amount of iron that red meat. Interesting, right? But upon
> further investigation, it turns out this claim is false. The mistake was
> actually made in a paper published in 1890, and 1930 was the year the
> mistake was finally disclosed. OK, so the story got the date wrong by 40
> years, but the gist is still the same, right? Not quite. There is no
> evidence that this mistake was ever committed!
>
> So why do people believe spinach has a high iron content? Simply because
> it does have a high iron content.
>
> At this point you may be thinking to yourself, "WTF, this is stupid! Fuck
> you for making me read this"
>
> Except that there is a twist, spinach is high in iron, but most of it is
> not available for absorption. In fact, it contains other substances that
> prevent the body from absorbing iron. So iron-anemic individuals should
> *avoid* eating spinach!
>
> http://sss.sagepub.com/content/44/4/638.long
>
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