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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.

Bazookasaurus
https://xkcd.com/3216/

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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This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.

Solar Warning
https://xkcd.com/3215/

This replaces the previous solar activity watch, which was issued last month when the sun took off its sunglasses.

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

Electric Vehicles
https://xkcd.com/3214/

Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.

Dental Formulas
https://xkcd.com/3213/

I mean, half of these are undefined. And your multiplication dots are too low; they look like decimal points.

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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.

Little Red Dots
https://xkcd.com/3212/

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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Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?

Amperage
https://xkcd.com/3211/

Oh, and do you have any tips on how to vacuum up copper that's melted into your carpet?

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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.

Eliminating the Impossible
https://xkcd.com/3210/

'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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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.

Plums
https://xkcd.com/3209/

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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People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.

SNEWS
https://xkcd.com/3208/

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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'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.

Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination
https://xkcd.com/3207/

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Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

Installation
https://xkcd.com/3206/

Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

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This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

Carbon Dating
https://xkcd.com/3205/

This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

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Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs
https://xkcd.com/3204/

Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

Binary Star
https://xkcd.com/3203/

The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

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Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

Groundhog Day Meaning
https://xkcd.com/3202/

Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.

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There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.

Proof Without Content
https://xkcd.com/3201/

There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.

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Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.

Chemical Formula
https://xkcd.com/3200/

Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.

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'Ugh, I'm never going to be like spiders. My descendants will all just be normal arthropods who mind their own busines and don't do anything weird.' --The ancestor of a bunch of eusocial insects

Early Arthropods
https://xkcd.com/3199/

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'Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!'

Double-Pronged Extension Cord
https://xkcd.com/3198/

'Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!'

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Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.

Cost Savings
https://xkcd.com/3197/

Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.

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I've had countless nights where the line never left the bottom zone of the graph, but the few moments where it's climbed all the way to the top have made up for them all.

Aurora Coolness
https://xkcd.com/3196/

I've had countless nights where the line never left the bottom zone of the graph, but the few moments where it's climbed all the way to the top have made up for them all.

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Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point!

International Station
https://xkcd.com/3195/

Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point!

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Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.

16 Part Epoxy
https://xkcd.com/3194/

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I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.

Sailing Rigs
https://xkcd.com/3193/

I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.

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We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?

Planetary Alignment
https://xkcd.com/3192/

We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?

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It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!

Superstition
https://xkcd.com/3191/

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Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.

Tensegrity
https://xkcd.com/3190/

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They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.

Conic Sections
https://xkcd.com/3189/

They're not generally used for crewed spacecraft because astronauts HATE going around the corners.

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Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.

Anyone Else Here
https://xkcd.com/3188/

Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.

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1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.

High Altitude Cooking Instructions
https://xkcd.com/3187/

1,300,000-1,400,000 ft: Ask a crew member to show you how to use the ISS food warmer.

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