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[โ€“] TauZero@mander.xyz 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Almost every atom in your body has been part of other living organisms thousands if not millions of times before.

[โ€“] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Every breath you take has at least 1 atom that was in your mother's brain when she gave birth to you.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Settle down, Sting.

[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Best $700 I ever spent

That's why I moved to the opposite side of the world.

[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Every atom in your body was either created from the beginning of the universe or was created inside the heart of a massive star.

As Carl Sagan put it ... we are all made of star stuff