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| title    = Airplane Message
 
| title    = Airplane Message
 
| image    = airplane_message.png
 
| image    = airplane_message.png
| titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE 3100s BC, IS THE FIRST HUMAN WHOSE NAME WE KNOW.
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| titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE 3200s BC, IS THE FIRST HUMAN WHOSE NAME WE KNOW.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
Large banners are sometimes flown behind airplanes to advertise a product or event to a large number of people. Here, [[Randall]] suggests replacing the ad with some interesting facts. This would tell people who see the banner something new and interesting about the world, rather than try to sell them something. He presents two possible facts: {{w|Adriamycin}}, a cancer therapy, and {{w|Iry-Hor}}, the earliest human we know by name.
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The {{w|chemotherapy}} drug {{w|doxorubicin}}, trade name Adriamycin, is based on a strain of the bacterium ''{{w|Streptomyces peucetius}}'', first isolated from a soil sample taken at {{w|Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte}} in {{w|Andria}}, Italy.
 
 
 
As mentioned at the title text {{w|Iry-Hor}} was an ancient, {{w|Dynasty 0|predynastic}} pharaoh of ancient Egypt — no earlier documents exist today. {{w|Kushim (Uruk Period)|Kushim}} is a contemporary contender.
 
 
 
This fact is also found in [[1732: Earth Temperature Timeline]], where it is placed at exactly 3100 BC (or {{w|BCE}}).
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[There is a Cessna 172 with a banner behind.]
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{{incomplete transcript}}
:Banner: Adriamycin, one of our most potent chemotherapy drugs, comes from the dirt from an Italian castle.
 
 
 
:[Caption beneath the panel]
 
:<big>My hobby:</big>
 
:Breaking into airplane hangars and replacing the ads on their giant banners with cool facts.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  
 
[[Category:My Hobby]]
 
[[Category:My Hobby]]
[[Category:Cancer]]
 
[[Category:Aviation]]
 
[[Category:Airplane banner]]
 

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