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Received — 7 May 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Good and Bad Ideas 5 May 2024 at 19:00

Good and Bad Ideas

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5 May 2024 at 19:00

While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

Received — 3 May 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Software Testing Day 2 May 2024 at 19:00

Software Testing Day

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2 May 2024 at 19:00

The company tried to document how often employees were celebrating Software Testing Day, but their recordkeeping system kept mysteriously crashing.

Received — 1 May 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Alphabetical Cartogram 30 April 2024 at 19:00

Alphabetical Cartogram

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30 April 2024 at 19:00

Poor Weeoming.

Received — 29 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Doppler Effect 28 April 2024 at 19:00

Doppler Effect

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28 April 2024 at 19:00

The Doppler effect is a mysterious wavelength-shifting phenomenon which seems to primarily affect sirens, which is why the 🚨 emoji is red.

Received — 26 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Earth Formation Site 25 April 2024 at 19:00

Earth Formation Site

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25 April 2024 at 19:00

It's not far from the sign marking the exact latitude and longitude of the Earth's core.

Received — 24 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Pendulum Types 23 April 2024 at 19:00

Pendulum Types

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23 April 2024 at 19:00

The creepy fingers that grow from a vibrating cornstarch-water mix can be modeled as a chain of inverted vertical pendulums (DOI:10.1039/c4sm00265b) and are believed to be the fingers of Maxwell's Demon trying to push through into our universe.

Received — 22 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Scary Triangles 21 April 2024 at 19:00

Scary Triangles

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21 April 2024 at 19:00

Concealed mostly beneath the surface, sharks are the icebergs of the sea.

Received — 19 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Pub Trivia 18 April 2024 at 19:00

Pub Trivia

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18 April 2024 at 19:00

Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

Received — 18 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Eclipse Path Maps 17 April 2024 at 19:00

Eclipse Path Maps

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17 April 2024 at 19:00

Okay, this eclipse will only be visible from the Arctic in February 2063, when the sun is below the horizon, BUT if we get lucky and a gigantic chasm opens in the Earth in just the right spot...

Received — 16 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Survey Marker 14 April 2024 at 19:00

Survey Marker

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14 April 2024 at 19:00

Fun fact: The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-center by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place.

Received — 12 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Sitting in a Tree 11 April 2024 at 19:00

Sitting in a Tree

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11 April 2024 at 19:00

First comes blood / Then we perish / Then comes Death in his Eternity Carriage.

Received — 11 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Tick Marks 10 April 2024 at 19:00

Tick Marks

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10 April 2024 at 19:00

If you're really savvy, you can hide an entire set of illicit transactions by timing them to draw what looks like a graph inset.

Received — 9 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Types of Eclipse Photo 7 April 2024 at 19:00

Types of Eclipse Photo

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7 April 2024 at 19:00

The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by camera shake. They said it looked spectacular, though.

Received — 6 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Machine 4 April 2024 at 19:00

Machine

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4 April 2024 at 19:00

The Credible Machine

Received — 3 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Eclipse Clouds 2 April 2024 at 19:00

Eclipse Clouds

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2 April 2024 at 19:00

The rare compound solar-lunar-nephelogical eclipse

Received — 1 April 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Eclipse Coolness 31 March 2024 at 19:00

Eclipse Coolness

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31 March 2024 at 19:00

A partial eclipse is like a cool sunset. A total eclipse is like someone broke the sky.

Received — 29 March 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Periodic Table Regions 28 March 2024 at 19:00

Periodic Table Regions

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28 March 2024 at 19:00

Cesium-133, let it be. Cesium-134, let it be even more.

Received — 27 March 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Cursive Letters 26 March 2024 at 19:00

Cursive Letters

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26 March 2024 at 19:00

𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻.

Received — 25 March 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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Greenland Size 24 March 2024 at 19:00

Greenland Size

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24 March 2024 at 19:00

The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small ring around the North and South Poles.

Received — 22 March 2024 ⏭ xkcd.com

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 21 March 2024 at 19:00

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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21 March 2024 at 19:00

You know that asteroid that almost destroyed Earth in the 90s? Turns out the whole thing was secretly created by Michael Bay, who then PAID Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to look heroic while blowing it up!