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Food Photographed Under An Electron Microscope

Caren Alpert is a photographer who takes electron microscope pictures of everyday foods. You think you know what you eat, but you really have no idea. posted on July 20, 2011 at 3:40pm EDT

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      It’s “Brussels sprouts,” not “brussel sprouts” (named after the city of Brussels). If that seems like a silly thing to point out, well… uh…

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