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22 March 2024 12:40

'You know that asteroid that almost destroyed Earth in the 90s? Turns out the whole thing was secretly created by Michael Bay, who then PAID Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to look heroic while blowing it up!'

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20 March 2024 18:35

'If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.'

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18 March 2024 23:15

'Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.'

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15 March 2024 22:55

'Doug's cousin, the one from London, runs a Bumble love cult.'

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14 March 2024 03:00

'Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.'

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11 March 2024 23:00

'I love their cover of 1,200 Balloons, Dalmatians, and Miles.'

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08 March 2024 22:20

''At the stroke of midnight, your brother will be hurtling sideways at an altitude of 150 meters' is a regular physics prediction about your nonmagical trebuchet, whereas 'you are cursed to build a brother-launching trebuchet' falls out of the Lagrangian.'

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06 March 2024 22:20

'Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.'

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04 March 2024 23:40

'If you find an ash deposition layer from a year in which an eruption destroyed an island that had Camellia sinensis growing on it, you can make a Gone Island Ice_τ.'

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02 March 2024 00:25

''Thank you for the loveliest evening I've ever had...' [normal] '...east of the Mississippi.' [instant intrigue!]'

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29 February 2024 06:40

''Hey, can you call my cell?' '...I'm trying, but it says this number is blocked?' 'Ok, thanks, just checking.''

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26 February 2024 18:45

'[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.'

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24 February 2024 03:10

'"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"'

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21 February 2024 16:30

'When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.'

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19 February 2024 23:20

'Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.'

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22 March 2024 12:40

2910. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

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20 March 2024 18:35

2909. "Moon Landing Mission Profiles"

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18 March 2024 23:15

2908. "Moon Armor Index"

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15 March 2024 22:55

2907. "Schwa"

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14 March 2024 03:00

2906. "Earth"

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11 March 2024 23:00

2905. "Supergroup"

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08 March 2024 22:20

2904. "Physics vs. Magic"

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06 March 2024 22:20

2903. "Earth/Venus Venn Diagram"

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04 March 2024 23:40

2902. "Ice Core"

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02 March 2024 00:25

2901. "Geographic Qualifiers"

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29 February 2024 06:40

2900. "Call My Cell"

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26 February 2024 18:45

2899. "Goodhart's Law"

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24 February 2024 03:10

2898. "Orbital Argument"

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21 February 2024 16:30

2897. "Light Leap Years"

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19 February 2024 23:20

2896. "Crossword Constructors"