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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.

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.

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.

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!

Moon Landing Mission Profiles

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19 March 2024 at 19:00

If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.

Moon Armor Index

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17 March 2024 at 19:00

Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.

Schwa

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14 March 2024 at 19:00

Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.

Earth

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12 March 2024 at 19:00

Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.

Supergroup

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10 March 2024 at 19:00

I love their cover of 1,200 Balloons, Dalmatians, and Miles.

Physics vs. Magic

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7 March 2024 at 19:00

'At the stroke of midnight, your brother will be hurtling sideways at an altitude of 150 meters' is a regular physics prediction about your nonmagical trebuchet, whereas 'you are cursed to build a brother-launching trebuchet' falls out of the Lagrangian.

Earth/Venus Venn Diagram

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5 March 2024 at 19:00

Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.

Ice Core

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3 March 2024 at 19:00

If you find an ash deposition layer from a year in which an eruption destroyed an island that had Camellia sinensis growing on it, you can make a Gone Island Ice_τ.

Geographic Qualifiers

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29 February 2024 at 19:00

'Thank you for the loveliest evening I've ever had...' [normal] '...east of the Mississippi.' [instant intrigue!]

Call My Cell

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27 February 2024 at 19:00

'Hey, can you call my cell?' '...I'm trying, but it says this number is blocked?' 'Ok, thanks, just checking.'

Goodhart's Law

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25 February 2024 at 19:00

[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.

Orbital Argument

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22 February 2024 at 19:00

"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

Light Leap Years

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20 February 2024 at 19:00

When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

Crossword Constructors

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18 February 2024 at 19:00

Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.

Treasure Chests

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15 February 2024 at 19:00

[earlier] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan."

Research Account

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13 February 2024 at 19:00

Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO