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EPIRBs
https://xkcd.com/3169/

'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3169

'Oh no, the box is drifting out into the harbor!' 'Yeah, I wouldn't worry about losing it.'
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Beam Dump
https://xkcd.com/3168/

We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3168

We're adding some industrial flypaper to minimize reflection or scattering of customers who might complain.
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Car Size
https://xkcd.com/3167/

'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167

'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Big and Little Spoons
https://xkcd.com/3166/

Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3166

Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Earthquake Prediction Flowchart
https://xkcd.com/3165/

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3165

At least people who make religious predictions of the apocalypse have an answer to the question 'Why didn't you predict any of the other ones that happened recently?'
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Metric Tip
https://xkcd.com/3164/

The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3164

The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Repair Video
https://xkcd.com/3163/

The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3163

The statue should be in the likeness of whatever sculptor posted the sculpting tool repair video that was most helpful during the installation of the statue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Heart Mountain
https://xkcd.com/3162/

Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, "Look, we all agree this 'volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft' thing seems like it can't possibly be right, but..."

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3162

Even geology papers about Heart Mountain are like, "Look, we all agree this 'volcanic gas earthquake hovercraft' thing seems like it can't possibly be right, but..."
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Airspeed
https://xkcd.com/3161/

Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3161

Carefully maneuvering the balloon down a mineshaft in an effort to break the OTHER altitude record
October 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Document Forgery
https://xkcd.com/3160/

It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3160

It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Continents
https://xkcd.com/3159/

(alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead)

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3159
The inflection point was probably in late 1966 or 1967, so when Neil Armstrong flew to space on Gemini 8, plate tectonics was not widely accepted, but when he landed on the Moon three years later it was the mainstream consensus.
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Shielding Chart
https://xkcd.com/3158/

Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3158

Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.
October 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Emperor Palpatine
https://xkcd.com/3157/

Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3157

Many things about Star Wars were not well planned out, but having a 37-year-old in old-age makeup play the Emperor in Return of the Jedi was such an incredible call.
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Planetary Rings
https://xkcd.com/3156/

(alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead)

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/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.
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Physics Paths
https://xkcd.com/3155/

If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3155

If nothing else, that reasoning definitely overturns syllogisms.
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Physics Insight
https://xkcd.com/3154/

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.'

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3154

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.'
October 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Hot Water Balloon
https://xkcd.com/3153/

(alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead)

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3153
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.
October 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Skateboard
https://xkcd.com/3152/

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.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3152

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.
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Window Screen
https://xkcd.com/3151/

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3151

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Home Improvement or DIY
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Ping
https://xkcd.com/3150/

Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3150

Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.
October 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Measure Twice, Cut Once
https://xkcd.com/3149/

"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3149

"Measure zero times, cut zero times." --carpenter who has achieved enlightenment and realized the wood is fine where it is
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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100% All Achievements
https://xkcd.com/3148/

I'm trying to share my footage of the full run to prove it's not tool-assisted, but the uploader has problems with video lengths of more than a decade.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3148

I'm trying to share my footage of the full run to prove it's not tool-assisted, but the uploader has problems with video lengths of more than a decade.
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Hiking
https://xkcd.com/3147/

Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3147

Every downhill walk is a waterslide that might have been.
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Fantastic Four
https://xkcd.com/3146/

One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3146

One perk of being born at 0.88c is that your birthday is over two days long.
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Piercing
https://xkcd.com/3145/

Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting.

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3145

Some lava around the piercing site is normal, but keep an eye out for spreading earthquakes and eruptive activity that might indicate rifting.
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM