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xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death (xkcd.com)
submitted 11 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The first one was also used in the short series "11.22.63". Going back to change things results in huge amounts of temporal inertia to overcome.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Which was originally a Stephen King novel.