Why Is My Poop Green?
One of the most commonly googled questions in the world is why feces can be green. Well, Quick Questions has the answer! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support...
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You can ask the Internet anything you want -- like, how big is the universe? Or what’s the average lifespan of an Olive Ridley sea turtle? Or why are sloths so lazy? But many of you turn to the wisdom of the Internet to explain what you find in the toilet bowl. According to our friends at Google, one of the most commonly googled questions in the world -- at least in English -- is: why is my poop green? And hey, fair enough. We’re all about fostering curiosity here, and what’s more fascinating than the human body? So in order to answer this question, we should really start with why poop is normally brown? The brown color of most mammalian feces comes from a substance called bilirubin, which is produced by your liver when it processes dead, used-up red b...
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You can ask the Internet anything you want -- like, how big is the universe? Or what’s the average lifespan of an Olive Ridley sea turtle? Or why are sloths so lazy? But many of you turn to the wisdom of the Internet to explain what you find in the toilet bowl. According to our friends at Google, one of the most commonly googled questions in the world -- at least in English -- is: why is my poop green? And hey, fair enough. We’re all about fostering curiosity here, and what’s more fascinating than the human body? So in order to answer this question, we should really start with why poop is normally brown? The brown color of most mammalian feces comes from a substance called bilirubin, which is produced by your liver when it processes dead, used-up red b...
