# More Calories when you thnk hard?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-calories-when-you-thnk-hard/643502>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-calories-when-you-thnk-hard/643502 "2012-12-09T10:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-calories-when-you-thnk-hard/643502/21 "2013-01-13T01:29:10Z")

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I remember being told 45 years ago about a super-genius Rabbi: when he studied Talmud, birds flying over his head would be singed by the intensity of his thought.

For all I know that story itself is from the Talmud.  
It’s a shame now I can’t even surmise any truth to the image.

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