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"Blood is actually blue!" (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] albbi@piefed.ca 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I was going to add the "hitting oxygen" is an important part of the blue blood myth back then.

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Which is really funny since your blood is already oxeygenated

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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

Ah, but I think the "blue" blood you see is in your veins, which carry "spent" blood with low oxygen content. Those kinds of little truths are what make myths believable, too.

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