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The Scientific Truth About How Many Calories Are in One Tornado

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While a powerful EF5 tornado can release kinetic energy estimated at over 50 terajoules, it contains zero nutritional calories because it is a weather phenomenon, not a food source. The question itself highlights a fundamental confusion between the scientific unit of energy (joules) and the nutritional unit of energy (calories) associated with food.