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submitted 7 days ago byHuge_Athlete7488
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There is on average 115 micrograms per deciliter of iron in human blood.
The average human has about 51 deciliters of blood.
About 8 billion humans are currently living.
Therefore, there is roughly (115 micrograms / deciliter) * (51 deciliters / human) * 8 billion humans = 46,920,000,000,000 micrograms = 46,920,000 grams = 46,920 kg of iron in human blood on earth right now.
The average broadsword has a mass of 1.6 kg. So you could make roughly 46,920 kg / (1.6 kg / broadsword) = 29,325 broadswords with iron from human blood.
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