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submitted 8 months ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!

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[–] frog@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

When there was only one land mass, is there any scientific theories if that would change the rotation of the earth on its axis or around the sun?

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I shouldn't have to click a second link just to understand the comic on the first link, fucking hell

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You don't remember the theory of Pangea and plate techtonics from school?

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

OH, he's trying to say PLAGIARISM! I thought it was some other word 🤦‍♂️

[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Darth Plagueis perhaps?

[–] EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Literally what went through my head 😂

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

Ahhhhh gotcha, no worries :)

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

this bitch don't know bout Pangaea

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

You're right, you shouldn't.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I didn't get it either at first. If he had cut the word off at a different point?

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I don't know how you could make it clearer than just leaving off the last letter.