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When Bottle first came out, I remember thinking it would look really good as a standalone print. I finally got around to tracing it in Inkscape and getting it printed!
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They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3248/
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Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3247/
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Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3246/
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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3245/
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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/
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'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3243/
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Scientists occasionally invent alternative periodic table layouts, which is usually a sign that they don't have enough enrichment in their enclosures.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3242/
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xkcd #3241: Horizontal Stabilizers
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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3241/
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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3240/
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It's hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee's wheel-and-axles are really good.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3239/
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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3238/
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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3237/
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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3236/
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xkcd #3235: Types of Board Game
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I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3235/
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Before resurfacing, they promise to inspect the ice for any evidence of hockey-playing life.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3234/
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It's not as big a loss as it looks, because now I have have leftover supplies, which will help me talk myself into doing this all over again with a new project!
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3233/
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xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard
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Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/
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Maybe you should wear one too? I guess I'm taller than you, so as long as I have one we're fine.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3231/
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