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xkcd #3247: Particle Census

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Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

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xkcd #3246: Speedrun

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Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun.

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xkcd #3245: Results Age

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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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xkcd #3243: Crystal Gazing

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'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.

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xkcd #3242: Aperiodic Table

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Scientists occasionally invent alternative periodic table layouts, which is usually a sign that they don't have enough enrichment in their enclosures.

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xkcd #3241: Horizontal Stabilizers

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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.

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xkcd #3240: Bottle

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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."

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xkcd #3239: Simple Machines

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It's hard to decide which simple machine system to invest in. DeWalt makes a great lever and inclined plane, but I hear Milwaukee's wheel-and-axles are really good.

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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.

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xkcd #3237: Husband and Wife

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Borat came out twenty years ago this year--closer to the breakup of the Soviet Union than to today--but it honestly feels like it's been even longer, somehow.

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xkcd #3236: Border Message

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Thanks to differences in logging regulations, the messages actually turned out to be visible from the air.

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