Mitochondria: The Only Biology Fact You'll Remember Forever

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Mitochondria: The Only Biology Fact You'll Remember Forever

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The ultimate brain expansion journey through cellular respiration! 🧠⚡

First panel: The complicated metabolic pathway chart that makes students question their life choices. *nervous laughter*

Second panel: The slightly less terrifying mitochondria diagram with its fancy membrane and molecular dance party.

Third panel: GLUCOSE → ATP with sparkles! The beautiful simplification that makes your brain light up like "OMG I GET IT NOW!"

Fourth panel: THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL - the transcendent knowledge that will stay with you forever while everything else from biology class vanishes into the void.

Biology teachers everywhere: "If they remember nothing else, at least they'll know where ATP comes from!" *maniacal scientist laugh*

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