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Planetary Rings

Oct. 17th, 2025 04:00 am
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https://xkcd.com/3156/

If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring.

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Physics Paths

Oct. 15th, 2025 04:00 am
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https://xkcd.com/3155/

If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.

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Physics Insight

Oct. 13th, 2025 04:00 am
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When Galileo dropped two weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, they put him in the history books. But when I do it, I get 'detained by security' for 'injuring several tourists.'

https://xkcd.com/3154/

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Hot Water Balloon

Oct. 10th, 2025 04:00 am
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Despite a reputation for safety, the temperatures and surprisingly high pressures make them even more dangerous than the air kind, but the NTSB refuses to investigate accidents because they insist there is no 'transportation' involved.

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Skateboard

Oct. 8th, 2025 04:00 am
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I understand it's hard to do more than 300 feet on these 90-second rush jobs, but with a smaller ramp I'm worried the gee forces will be too high for me to do any tricks.

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Window Screen

Oct. 6th, 2025 04:00 am
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY

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