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xkcd #3224: Centimeter Wavelengths
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Yes, the cosmic microwave background is great, but what about the earthly microwave foreground?
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3224/
xkcd #3223: Inflation Timeline
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Depending what corners of the internet you hang out on, 'regular' may at times awkwardly coexist with 'sexy.'
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3223/
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It's ok, I still have some nice, cool gas clouds that aren't collapsing. As long as nothing ionizes them, I can continue to enjoy their ... HEY! NO!!!
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3222/
xkcd #3221: Landscape Features
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'Well, there's speculation that it's due to a mantle hotspot.' --a geologist who's trying to cover up the fact that they didn't hear your question
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3221/
xkcd #3220: Rotational Gravity
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I don't get it. The peak acceleration for passengers was WAY lower than in the giant-waterslide-loop-the-loop incident the other cruise line fired me for.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3220/
xkcd #3219: Planets and Bright Stars
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An old astronomer trick for distinguishing the Sun from other stars is to take multiple photos a few minutes apart and overlay them, making the Sun stand out due to its high proper motion.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3219/
xkcd #3218: Subduction Retrieval
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Aww, the oceanic crust and the continental crust are getting married!
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3218/
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In contrast to the deep booming sound associated with the cannon in pop culture depictions, recent studies show it actually made more of a 'toot toot!' noise.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3216/
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This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3215/
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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3214/
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I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3213/
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After a lot of analysis, I've determined that they're actually big red dots; they're just very far away.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3212/
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Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3211/
xkcd #3210: Eliminating the Impossible
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'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3210/
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My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3209/
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People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3208/
xkcd #3207: Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination
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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3207/
