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T. Rex Evolution
Friday January 24^th, 2025 at 11:41 AM

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Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

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DougK

28 days ago

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Randall needs to make up his mind. https://xkcd.com/1211/

Work in D.C., live in NoVA

astw56

28 days ago

So the future of the T. Rex is... a giant feathered snake?

matthiasgoergens

26 days ago

T-Rex went extinct as did most other dinosaurs. But some (like the birds) survived. Seems perfectly consistent with today's comic.

alt_text_bot

28 days ago

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Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

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rickhensley

28 days ago

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Now put that on a plane.

Ohio

gordol

28 days ago

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Snakes.

Earth

llucax

28 days ago

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Science!

Berlin

Pub Trivia
Saturday April 20^th, 2024 at 1:37 PM

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Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London

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DougK

307 days ago

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There's no such thing as a stupid question.

Work in D.C., live in NoVA

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spongbeaux

308 days ago

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I'd have said the Zucker brothers created the first Airplane, and the last.

ChrisDL

308 days ago

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Am i missing something? Isn't number 4 answerable?

New York

meertn

308 days ago

Answerable but trivial is the joke I guess

JavaJim

308 days ago

Edit: apparently I can't count. Sorry. Original response:maybe? I would say it depends on whether there is decent definition of what makes a lake - a lake. Because if it is just an inland body of water then every raindrop would form a new lake (that might eventually join together into something larger)

Dorkrum

308 days ago

Now that you mention it I realise I misread the question. I thought it said more shark attacks *than* and the joke was that because "or" is used instead of "and", the answer was Jaws despite it being listed in the question.

DelilahBack

297 days ago

No u good

Dorkrum

308 days ago

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Who was the first person to beat a world record?

Covarr

308 days ago

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What is the longest video game?

East Helena, MT

Schwa
Sunday March 17^th, 2024 at 9:00 PM

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

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DougK

341 days ago

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I never realized this about myself.

Work in D.C., live in NoVA

digdoug

338 days ago

I feel you, brother.

Hippo Attacks
Friday June 4^th, 2021 at 10:19 AM

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It's cool how, when there's a number lots of people are curious about, but which isn't easy to measure, some random guess will get cited everywhere and become the universally quoted value. Unrelatedly, did you know there are 850 trillion waves in the ocean?

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DougK

1358 days ago

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The detail in Randall's drawings! Check out Cueball's upturned palms.

Work in D.C., live in NoVA

alt_text_bot

1360 days ago

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It's cool how, when there's a number lots of people are curious about, but which isn't easy to measure, some random guess will get cited everywhere and become the universally quoted value. Unrelatedly, did you know there are 850 trillion waves in the ocean?

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cjheinz

1360 days ago

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The cartoon is possibly the worst pun ever. Plus, the alt text bots "850 trillion waves in the ocean" is pretty cool.

Lexington, KY; Naples, FL

jepler

1360 days ago

well ACTUALLY it's not a HIPPO violation if you choose to tell someone about your hippo attack... It's a misnomer that the "P" in HIPPO is "privacy", or that the other one is either.

mareino

1360 days ago

Randall Munroe is *dangerously* good at coming up with plausible estimates.

jepler

1360 days ago

I think 2.35 waves per m2 of ocean surface is an over-estimate.

davelevy

1359 days ago

Still think Randall is actually running a multi-year experiment on how to spread information and disinformation. Most effectively.