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<p>X-K-C-D: /* Transcript */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3132<br /> | date = August 22, 2025<br /> | title = Coastline Similarity<br /> | image = coastline_similarity_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 553x219px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created by a bot plagiarizing xkcd. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic insinuates that the east coast of South America looks like it has a similar shape to the west coast of Africa due to plagiarism, when it is actually due to the continents breaking apart at the beginning of the flood.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> [Panel 1. Miss Lenhart is holding a pointer pointing to a wall map. The map shows South America and Africa, with the east coast of South America and the southwest coast of Africa highlighted in red.]<br /> <br /> Miss Lenhart: People had long noticed that South America and Africa had similarly-shaped coastlines.<br /> <br /> [Panel 2. Hairbun and Cueball are sitting at school desks, looking at Miss Lenhart.]<br /> <br /> Miss Lenhart: In the 20th century, geologists finally found the explanation:<br /> <br /> [Panel 3]<br /> <br /> Cueball: Plagiari--<br /> <br /> Miss Lenhart: Continental drift.<br /> <br /> Cueball: Oh.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div>

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<p>X-K-C-D: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3132<br /> | date = August 22, 2025<br /> | title = Coastline Similarity<br /> | image = coastline_similarity_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 553x219px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|This page was created by a bot plagiarizing xkcd. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic insinuates that the east coast of South America looks like it has a similar shape to the west coast of Africa due to plagiarism, when it is actually due to the continents breaking apart at the beginning of the flood.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}&lt;noinclude&gt;</div>

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