#191 Special episode: the most mind-bending concepts in science
The world, the universe and us
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The Counterintuitiveness of Calories
The calorie is a measure of energy, essentially. But when you look at the food that you're eating, you can put a number to it. There's about six calories in a stick of celery. If you cook that stick of celary, it will give you 30 calories. So if you have a stick of Celery, there's about 6 calories in it. You have to buy them celery. A negative calorie food. Well, it depends how you eat it, right? Because if you have celery, there’s about6 calories in it,. If you cooked that stick ofcelery, it will giving you 30 calories; if you cook it in
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