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Pull

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31 August 2025 at 19:00

Be careful fighting gravity. If you win, it's a long way down.

Sea Level

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28 August 2025 at 19:00

They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

Wavefunction Collapse

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26 August 2025 at 19:00

Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.

Dual Roomba

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24 August 2025 at 19:00

I tried uploading it to a household appliance porn site I found, but apparently their content is limited to only fans.

Coastline Similarity

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21 August 2025 at 19:00

Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!

Cesium

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19 August 2025 at 19:00

Someday I hope to find a way to mess up a recipe so badly that it draws the attention of the International Air Transport Association, the International Mathematical Olympiad, or the NSA.

Predicament

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17 August 2025 at 19:00

I dropped my phone while trying to search, and I tried to unlock it from up here, so can you also search for screen repair places?

Archaeology Research

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14 August 2025 at 19:00

The academic archaeology establishment is suppressing my breakthroughs because of the disruption it would bring to their prepared-core flake-based toolmaking industry.

Thread Meeting

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12 August 2025 at 19:00

Hey, so did you ever finish your video series about Cassie and the caterpillar morph? I loved the first three, but never ... no, sorry, I get it, this isn't the place. Sorry! Sorry.

Where Babies Come From

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10 August 2025 at 19:00

Historians: Contemporaneous documentation of the initial events is often sparse, and in fact people often get testy and uncooperative when we urge better documentation for the historical record.

Disclaimer

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7 August 2025 at 19:00

You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.

Snake-in-the-Box Problem

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5 August 2025 at 19:00

Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration.

Grounded

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3 August 2025 at 19:00

We should have you at the gate in just under two hours--two and a half if we get pulled over.

Canon

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31 July 2025 at 19:00

Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.

Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres

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29 July 2025 at 19:00

During the most recent glacial maximum, it's believed that land bridges extended from the surfaces and connected several of the spheres together.

Kite Incident

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27 July 2025 at 19:00

Detectives say the key to tracking down the source of the kites was a large wall map covered in thumbtacks and string. 'It's the first time that method has ever actually worked,' said a spokesperson.

Geologic Periods

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24 July 2025 at 19:00

Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about.

Flettner Rotor

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22 July 2025 at 19:00

"And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses."

iNaturalist Animals and Plants

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20 July 2025 at 19:00

Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.

Replication Crisis

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17 July 2025 at 19:00

Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.