lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallymessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down111
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallylnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoFor sure, that’s a long standing one. It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.
For sure, that’s a long standing one.
It does look blue through skin and it’s a much darker red, more maroon than proper “red”.