https://xkcd.com/2865

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The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his ‘brick moon’ proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

  • @[email protected]English
    25•1 year ago

    Trojan Horse - A mythological, giant wooden horse, supposedly used by the Greeks to invade the city of Troy. Actual horses are composed, like any other animal, out of meat, bone, and other tissues and bodily fluids.[citation needed] In addition, the interior of the Trojan Horse was composed of Greek warriors rather than horse innards.

    Lmao

    • threelonmusketeersEnglish
      9•1 year ago

      I love the variety of places explainxkcd editors find to slip in a “citation needed”.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•1 year ago

        You can find those in the what if series too.

        “Outer space is a lot higher up than Niagara Falls,[citation needed] so the plunge down into the atmosphere at the bottom of Earth’s gravity well adds a lot more than 0.1 degrees worth of heat.”

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