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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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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/
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/
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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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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The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :(
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3268/
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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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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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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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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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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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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Brace yourself--the chirp gets pretty weird.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3261/
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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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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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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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'If you keep trying to spray your collaborators with the beam when they're not looking, I'm turning off the ion source and NO one will get to play with the beam!' --Physics's mom
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3257/
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Gen-Z got a chunk of the Carboniferous, and now all their memes are about how pathetic and small today's dragonflies are.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3256/
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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3255/
