Venkatesh Rao@vgrThe entire spinach-iron memeplex, complete with a canonical cartoon (Popeye) is based on a misplaced decimal point.dailymail.co.ukSorry Popeye, spinach DOESN'T make your muscles big: Expert reveals sailor's love of the food was...Mathematician Samuel Arbesman claims a German chemist misplaced a decimal point, making the iron content in spinach ten times more generous than in reality.8:38 PM · Nov 25, 201528 Retweets23 Likes
Jesse Barkasy@JesseBarkasy·Nov 28, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @pmarca It is not the iron. It is the synthesis of amino acids into protein. Look at bulls, rhinos etc. Way stronger than carnivores.1