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Academic Urban Legends

2 points| undefined_user6 | 6 years ago |journals.sagepub.com

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eesmith|6 years ago

"'"The story that the iron content of spinach was a myth based on a misplaced decimal point is itself a myth.'"

Yes, I had read about that myth story and assumed it was correct.

I could have sworn I remember the article tracking down the original publication, with a 10x difference in the table compared to the correct number. But it seems I was wrong.