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xkcd #3276: Recursive Trucker's Hitch

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As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3276/

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xkcd #3275: Calibration Nobel

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We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3275/

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xkcd #3274: Arthurian Connector

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Most coffee shops have a descendant of Sophia of Hanover on staff for this, but just as I was about to ask for help, a previously unknown heir of Uther Pendragon who was ordering a muffin tripped on my laptop cord.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3274/

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xkcd #3273: Latitude and Longitude

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NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3273/

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xkcd #3272: Time Change

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All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3272/

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xkcd #3271: The Princess and the Pea

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Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3271/

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xkcd #3270: Toasting Marshmallows

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We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3270/

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xkcd #3269: Airport Meeting

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Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.'

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3269/

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xkcd #3268: Offside (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3268: Offside

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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3268/

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xkcd #3267: Types of Tornado Alert

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I hate the unearthly sound my phone makes when the weather service issues a tornado harbinger.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3267/

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xkcd #3266: Holes (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3266: Holes

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If you're thinking 'Wait, a giant crystal cave in Mexico? What's that?' then I'm SO excited for the image search you're about to do.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3266/

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xkcd #3265: Asteroid Threat

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Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3265/

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xkcd #3264: 720 Ollie (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3264: 720 Ollie

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This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X Games.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3264/

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xkcd #3263: Baryon Asymmetry

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Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3263/

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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3262/

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xkcd #3261: Side Effect

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Brace yourself--the chirp gets pretty weird.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3261/

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xkcd #3260: Messi (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3260: Messi

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Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3260/

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xkcd #3259: Tethys (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3259: Tethys

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In order to carry the necessary crafting supplies, they built the ships at 12:1 scale.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3259/

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xkcd #3258: Plate Flip (imgs.xkcd.com)
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xkcd #3258: Plate Flip

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It's great for exfoliating your skin, bones, houses, cities, landscape, etc.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3258/

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