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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Fun fact, the average adult brain also has a credit cards worth of plastic inside. So that bacon has some company!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Are you joking?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sadly, no. About 0.5% of our brain mass is microplastics.

https://pirg.org/articles/new-research-finds-plastic-in-human-brains/

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Additionally, the average brain is about 1300 grams. 0.5% of 1300 is 6.5 grams, and plastic credit cards weigh roughly 5 grams.

0.5% is really hard for me to visualize. A credit card in everyone's brain is unfortunately easy.....