Roses Are Red, Mitochondria Is Gold

Roses Are Red, Mitochondria Is Gold
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The poetic setup "Roses are red, it's hot like hell" leads to the punchline: a mitochondrion. Because obviously the next line is "the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell." This scientific factoid has been drilled into our brains since 7th grade biology, becoming the single piece of information everyone remembers while forgetting literally everything else about cellular respiration. It's basically the "To be or not to be" of biology class. The mitochondrion just sitting there, generating ATP, completely unaware it's become the star of educational trauma worldwide.

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