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</table>172.71.154.104https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Black_Hat&diff=338054&oldid=338049Black Hat2024-03-23T23:27:14Z<p>Undo revision 338049 by <a href="/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/108.162.245.36" title="Special:Contributions/108.162.245.36">108.162.245.36</a> (<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:108.162.245.36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:108.162.245.36 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) Oh, you again... Colour me surprised.</p>
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</table>162.158.38.71https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=what_if%3F_(blog)&diff=336663&oldid=336662what if? (blog)2024-03-05T22:38:21Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Trivia: </span> the a</span></p>
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</table>172.68.174.232https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=what_if%3F_(blog)&diff=336662&oldid=336661what if? (blog)2024-03-05T22:37:35Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Trivia: </span> </p>http://xkcd.com/1597/</span></p>
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</table>108.162.245.32https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=what_if%3F_(blog)&diff=336661&oldid=332336what if? (blog)2024-03-05T22:35:52Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Trivia: </span> This article is still in progress</span></p>
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