Posted on 05/29/2015 4:47:31 PM PDT by rickmichaels
That glass of water in your hand is dinosaur pee, apparently.
Not like it's unfiltered, but a science YouTube video posted this week raises the interesting tidbit that, since dinosaurs were around for 186 million years and water molecules are everlasting, it's a foregone conclusion that every drop of water on the planet passed through the prehistoric species once upon a time.
"While most of the water molecules in your 8 ounce glass have never been drunk by another human, almost every single molecule has been drunk by a dinosaur," the video by CuriousMinds says.
"So drink up and enjoy your dinosaur pee."
It's not the first time this theory has come about.
Charles Fishman, the author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, told Marketplace Morning Report that, "All the water on earth has been through a dinosaur kidney. Every bottle of Evian you drink from is Tyrannosaurus Rex pee.
"All the water on earth has been here for 4.5 billion years. It's all toilet-to-tap at some level."
More insanity from the “scientific community”?
Slow news day, I guess. Yawn
The dinosaur pee theory is settled science.
Denier!
Sounds like a Calvin & Hobbes strip.
You beat me to it.
I’m asked to believe that all the fauna that ever lived could ever drink up all the oceans. Every drop of rain initially evaporates from the oceans. I doubt the findings of this release but I’ve not seen the data.
Right. So lay off the damned asparagus, would you please? Show a little consideration for the rest of us here!
Why is someone paid to tell us this and why does it matter? I wasn’t even alive then.
Bull-hocky and horse piss. There weren’t enough dinosaurs around to drink all the water that existed. Much of their pee broke down into Oxygen and Hydrogen, and there is no guarantee that it ever reformed into water. Some of it might still be molecules locked up in the deserts and rocks of the world.
I’m going to consult with my dino-pee specialist, Fred Flintstone. If there is anyone in the world who can answer this question, it is he.
I thought April Fools’ day was last month.
Best article title ever
The dino pee is what makes beer taste so good.
I have a strainer and I pour all my water through it...that should take care of it!!!
DAMN....Sister Joan would be very unhappy with me, but I think that I missed that explanation in Chemistry class.......
Actually it would be Fish Piss with a dash of Dinosaur Piss. Fish have been around a lot longer than dinosaurs. They were here before dinosaurs and did not disappear along with the dinosaurs.
So drink up that water...just be careful of the fish scales.
Now I have a damn good reason not to tip at restaurants.
I remember in either physics, thermodynamics or fluids we had to calculate how many molecules we took in every breath that had been breathed by Jesus Christ. The answer was very surprising (and I’d share it with you if I hadn’t thrown away all my homework papers about 20 years ago).
Apparently someone's never heard of photosynthesis or Louis Frank.
Apparently someone's never heard of photosynthesis or Louis Frank.
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