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		im3w1l on Jan 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The men who starved to death to save the world's s... Found someone claiming you can survive for 8 days on 10 pounds of rice. Meaning that with a dozen scientists, the "hoard" would only last a single day.

tshaddox on Jan 10, 2022 [–]

Can’t you survive for 8 days on zero pounds of rice?

im3w1l on Jan 11, 2022 | [–]

Sure you can survive quite a while without food. It extends survival by one day.

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