# ­xkcd thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2654
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/2654 "2024-01-02T04:34:21Z")
Hey! We just covered this! > [@Every Atom in Your Body Is Replaced every 5 Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-atom-in-your-body-is-replaced-every-5-years/994147): > > Or so I heard Michael from Vsauce say. Checking around it seems to be true: “Studies at the Oak Ridge Atomic Research Center have revealed that about 98 percent of all the atoms in a human body are replaced every year. You get a new suit of skin every month and a new liver every six weeks. The lining of your stomach lasts only five days before it’s replaced. Even your bones are not the solid, stable, concrete-like things you might have thought them to be: They are undergoing constant change. Th… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574)._