Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agoTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareTIL that a gram of uranium contains 20 million kcals so if you ate just one gram of uranium you would have enough calories for the rest of your life.Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareobservantTrapezium@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoThe second level of stupid here is that 20 million kcal would last ~ 22 to 27 years (at 2000 to 2500 kcal a day), so not very optimistic about your longevity.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI’d say that’s a pretty optimistic estimate of longevity of someone willing to eat uranium (let alone someone who actually does it)
The second level of stupid here is that 20 million kcal would last ~ 22 to 27 years (at 2000 to 2500 kcal a day), so not very optimistic about your longevity.
I’d say that’s a pretty optimistic estimate of longevity of someone willing to eat uranium (let alone someone who actually does it)