In chemistry I was taught one carbon atom can exist in at least 12 separate living bodies before it's no longer stable.
As you established that is not true, however you can add some of that carbon from some body and add it to the iron from the blood of 400 other human bodies so you can forge one nice sword.
Unrelated: Anyone want to hang out? I'm planning a party. Should be enough space for about 400 people.
Holy shit lol. This is amazing!!!
What does that mean?
After you die, the carbon atoms that made you might go on to make another living thing.
The label 'homo sapiens' for our species.
More like homo ignorare, yes?
Homo ignorans :)
...homo sapiens sapiens: so wise we named ourselves twice...
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