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In Reply to: Ok posted by E-Stat on September 6, 2024 at 05:38:33:
When the mineral content of various foods was first being evaluated, a misplaced decimal point in the published data made it look like spinach had 10x its actual iron content. This became the source of Popeye's legendary strength, which in turn got millions of kids to eat their spinach and actually like it.
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- "Most iron comes from food," as Popeye should know! - Brian H P 12:10:34 09/06/24 (2)
- I could never figure out why Bluto didn't get his own spinach. - ghost of olddude55 12:20:59 09/06/24 (0)
- Neat trivia! - E-Stat 12:13:05 09/06/24 (0)