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Bazookasaurus 5 March 2026 at 19:00

Bazookasaurus

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5 March 2026 at 19:00

In contrast to the deep booming sound associated with the cannon in pop culture depictions, recent studies show it actually made more of a 'toot toot!' noise.

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Solar Warning 3 March 2026 at 19:00

Solar Warning

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3 March 2026 at 19:00

This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.

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Electric Vehicles 1 March 2026 at 19:00

Electric Vehicles

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1 March 2026 at 19:00

Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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Dental Formulas 26 February 2026 at 19:00

Dental Formulas

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26 February 2026 at 19:00

I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.

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Little Red Dots 24 February 2026 at 19:00

Little Red Dots

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24 February 2026 at 19:00

After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.

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Amperage 22 February 2026 at 19:00

Amperage

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22 February 2026 at 19:00

Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?

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Eliminating the Impossible 19 February 2026 at 19:00

Eliminating the Impossible

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19 February 2026 at 19:00

'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.

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Plums 17 February 2026 at 19:00

Plums

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17 February 2026 at 19:00

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

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SNEWS 15 February 2026 at 19:00

SNEWS

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15 February 2026 at 19:00

People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.

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Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination 12 February 2026 at 19:00

Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

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12 February 2026 at 19:00

'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

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Installation 10 February 2026 at 19:00

Installation

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10 February 2026 at 19:00

Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

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Carbon Dating 8 February 2026 at 19:00

Carbon Dating

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8 February 2026 at 19:00

This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

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Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs 5 February 2026 at 19:00

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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5 February 2026 at 19:00

Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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Binary Star 3 February 2026 at 19:00

Binary Star

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3 February 2026 at 19:00

The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

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Groundhog Day Meaning 1 February 2026 at 19:00

Groundhog Day Meaning

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1 February 2026 at 19:00

Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

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Proof Without Content 29 January 2026 at 19:00

Proof Without Content

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29 January 2026 at 19:00

There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.

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Chemical Formula 27 January 2026 at 19:00

Chemical Formula

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27 January 2026 at 19:00

Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.

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Early Arthropods 25 January 2026 at 19:00

Early Arthropods

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25 January 2026 at 19:00

'Ugh, I'm never going to be like spiders. My descendants will all just be normal arthropods who mind their own busines and don't do anything weird.' --The ancestor of a bunch of eusocial insects

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Double-Pronged Extension Cord 22 January 2026 at 19:00

Double-Pronged Extension Cord

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22 January 2026 at 19:00

'Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!'

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Cost Savings 20 January 2026 at 19:00

Cost Savings

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20 January 2026 at 19:00

Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.