xkcd 2823: Fossil ( imgs.xkcd.com )
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Title text: FYI: The ‘drop, cover, and hold on’ advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs....
Title text: The vaccine stuff seems pretty simple. But if you take a closer look at the data, it’s still simple, but bigger. And slightly blurry. Might need reading glasses....
Title text: The increasing number of graham crackers and chocolate bars in orbit has created a growing risk of Kessler s’mores....
Title text: The Atlantic is expanding at about 10 ppm (points per month)....
Title text: I feel bad for Earth 2 and their shadowflies....
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Title text: An apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head and gave him the idea that the moon might be a tasty apple, though this turned out not to be true–the Apollo program eventually determined that it was just a desolate and bland Red Delicious....
Title text: In the LotR map, up and down correspond LOOSELY to northwest and southeast respectively....
Title text: Refs generally say that you can exercise enough altitude control to avoid the ground, but if you start strategically choosing air layers to steer yourself, that’s traveling....
“It’s just that I get nervous about heights.”...
“When I began trying to form a new claim by stitching together these parts in such an unnatural way, some called me mad.”...
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