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How long are the blood vessels in the body
can we find the source
some said veins and arteries,
some said capillaries
some said everything
IT IS JUST A TRUTH EVERYONE ACCEPTS, BUT NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT COMES FROM
100 000km
no one is quoting the original source
The asian guy who first quoted it
Dr. David Suzuki
but he did not quote
why did no one fact check
it is very hard and not feasible
if it seems safe and is used by many, they will quote a secondary source
it is also a nice round number. beautiful, and those stories stick with us
misinformation can go around
every one runs into the same traps
and not look at context
Scientific American Article from 1959
quoted 1922 book
who wrote it
and what about it
what is the real number
August Krogh
very likely an off number, and something he did for fun, not super objectively and used off measurements
9000 - 19000 km
