[1752] Interplanetary Experience

Title Text:But instead of hitting the ocean, you should land in an overheating hot tub on a sinking cruise ship, sending it crashing through the floor into the burning engine room as the ship goes under.

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[1751] Movie Folder

Title Text:That’s actually the original Japanese version of A Million Random Digits, which is much better than the American remake the book was based on.

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[1748] Future Archaeology

Title Text:”The only link we’ve found between the two documents is that a fragment of the Noah one mentions Aaron’s brother Moses parting an ocean. Is that right?” “… yes. Yes, exactly.”

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[what if]第152期:水淹死亡谷

原作:http://what-if.xkcd.com/152 编译:猪的米 What if 系列:https://songshuhui.net/archives/tag/what-if 提问: 既然死亡谷低于海平面,那么如果我们在海底挖个洞,把海水引到死亡谷把它淹了会怎么样? ——Nick Traeden 回答: 耶!我们确实可以为所欲为,但还是不应该这么做,因为这样会造成可怕的后果。 (这里没有救生员,最后剩下来的一个也已经因为吸入有毒尘埃死了) 死亡谷位于加州,地形上是一个内流盆地[1]。死亡谷的地表位于海平面以下约80米,北美[2]陆地的最低点就位于死亡谷之中,而且那里还是地球上最热的地方[3]。 如果你是那种熟知各种世界之最的人,那么你有可能听说过地球上最热的地方是利比亚的阿齐济耶(Al Azizia)。在19… Read more

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[1747] Spider Paleontology

Title Text:Whenever you see a video of birds doing something weird, remember: Birds are a small subset of dinosaurs, so the weirdness of birds is a small subset of the weirdness of dinosaurs.

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[1746] Making Friends

Title Text:”This seems more like a way to attract turkey vultures.” “My mom always told me a turkey vulture is just a friend you haven’t met yet, usually because you don’t smell enough like decaying meat.”

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[1745] Record Scratch

Title Text:The 78-rpm era was closer to the Civil War than to today.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1745/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1745:_Record_Scratch https://app-xkcd-cn.appspot.com/ 乙烯基盘(也称为留声机记录)是一种存储介质,其通过将音频数据雕刻到盘表面上的连续螺旋槽中而将音频记录存储在盘上。这些通常在留声机上播放(也称为唱片播放器(自20世纪40年代以来)或最近的转盘)。当固定式手写笔沿着凹槽骑行时,播放器旋转光盘。触针沿凹槽的移动由电磁或压电换能器转换成相应的电流,放大器然后将其转换成声音。 被称为“记录划… Read more

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