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7zark7
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 04:48 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


why is shit brown?

Red blood cells are continually being broken down and replaced. The main byproduct of this process is called bilirubin, which is (specifically) a breakdown product of hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Bilirubin (like many other biochemical wastes) is dumped by the liver into the large intestine via the gall bladder. Stuff that the gall bladder secretes (including bilirubin) is called 'bile', and it is the characteristic color of bile (the main component of which is bilirubin) that gives feces its typical color. Without bile, feces would probably be the color of vomit, as you might expect .
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 04:50 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hey wow.

i never really cared that much to wonder.

hmm.
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 04:51 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Zark seems somewhat anally fixated today.



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7zark7
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 04:52 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


its bin a shitty week. glad you caught the theme. :icon14:
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 04:58 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


7zark7 wrote:
why is shit brown?

Red blood cells are continually being broken down and replaced. The main byproduct of this process is called bilirubin, which is (specifically) a breakdown product of hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Bilirubin (like many other biochemical wastes) is dumped by the liver into the large intestine via the gall bladder. Stuff that the gall bladder secretes (including bilirubin) is called 'bile', and it is the characteristic color of bile (the main component of which is bilirubin) that gives feces its typical color. Without bile, feces would probably be the color of vomit, as you might expect .


Truth. And the fact that I know this makes me want to reevaluate the worth of my life... :dork:
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 05:02 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


werldhed wrote:
7zark7 wrote:
why is shit brown?

Red blood cells are continually being broken down and replaced. The main byproduct of this process is called bilirubin, which is (specifically) a breakdown product of hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Bilirubin (like many other biochemical wastes) is dumped by the liver into the large intestine via the gall bladder. Stuff that the gall bladder secretes (including bilirubin) is called 'bile', and it is the characteristic color of bile (the main component of which is bilirubin) that gives feces its typical color. Without bile, feces would probably be the color of vomit, as you might expect .


Truth. And the fact that I know this makes me want to reevaluate the worth of my life... :dork:


I dunno, it's not quite as shocking as the thought that someone has had to have the idea of figuring out why poop is brown.
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7zark7
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 05:06 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
werldhed wrote:

I dunno, it's not quite as shocking as the thought that someone has had to have the idea of figuring out why poop is brown.


Its good fact to know and throw out during those awkard silences when you meet new people.



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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 05:06 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


great, I really needed to know that
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 05:24 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thx for sharing.
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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 07:30 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


*lol* That is probably a little more detail than I needed on this subject



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PostPosted: 03-04-2005 07:37 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


great info
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