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xkcd #3186: Truly Universal Outlet
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Building Inspectors HATE This One Weird Trick
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3186/
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Vertebrae Georg
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3185/
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In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/
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My goal in life is to be personally responsible for at least one sports rule change.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3183/
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I'm trying to buy a gravitational lens for my camera, but I can't tell if the manufacturers are listing comoving focal length or proper focal length.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3182/
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xkcd #3181: Jumping Frog Radius
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Earth's r_jf is approximately 1.5 light-days, leading to general relativity's successful prediction that all the frogs in the Solar System should be found collected on the surface of the Earth.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3181/
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The experimental math department's budget is under scrutiny for how much they've been spending on trains leaving Chicago at 9:00pm traveling at 45 mph.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3180/
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'That's definitely above the catch-and-release size minimum for planetesimals.' 'I'm going to throw it back anyway.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3179/
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xkcd #3178: Hyperacute Interdynamics
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Our models fall apart where the three theories overlap; we're unable to predict what happens when a nanometer-sized squirrel eats a grapefruit with the mass of the sun.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3178/
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xkcd #3177: Chessboard Alignment
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Luckily, the range is limited by the fact that the square boundary lines follow great circles.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3177/
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xkcd #3176: Inverted Catenaries
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Some tires are marketed as 'all-shape tires,' but if driven in a climate with both inverted catenary falls and triangle falls, they wear out really fast.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3176/
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xkcd #3175: Website Task Flowchart
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Tired of waiting on hold? Use our website to chat with one of our live agents, who are available to produce words at you 24/7!
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3175/
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A lot of the highway department's budget goes to adjusting the sign whenever the moon passes directly overhead.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3174/
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Every weekend I take an ATV out into the desert and spend a day tracing a faint "(C) GOOGLE 2009" watermark across the landscape.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3173/
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"Want to feel old?" "Yes."
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3172/
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xkcd #3171: Geologic Core Sample
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If you drill at the right angle and time things perfectly, your core sample can include a section of a rival team's coring equipment.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3171/
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Now, if it were the Canon wiki, it's possible to imagine someone with a productivity-related reason for consulting it, but no one's job requires them to read that much about Admiral Daala.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3170/
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'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3169/
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We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3168/
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'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3167/
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