Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agoTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.message-squaremessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1message-squareTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square37linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePoojabber@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThere is a fire in my belly when I eat?
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThat explains why my butt hole burns sometimes
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNot your belly, but in your cells, yes. The reason you need oxygen, is that your cells use it to “burn” stuff a few atoms at a time, for energy. It’s the same reaction as fire. Oxidation. Though inside our bodies it happens in an extremely controlled manner. Although cellular respiration is technically a combustion reaction, it is an unusual one because of the slow, controlled release of energy from the series of reactions.
There is a fire in my belly when I eat?
That explains why my butt hole burns sometimes
Not your belly, but in your cells, yes.
The reason you need oxygen, is that your cells use it to “burn” stuff a few atoms at a time, for energy.
It’s the same reaction as fire. Oxidation. Though inside our bodies it happens in an extremely controlled manner.