...ng, but the other way around.|Randall Munroe|[https://xkcd.com/about About xkcd]}}
...ific answers to absurd hypothetical questions", while on his [https://blog.xkcd.com personal blog], called ''[[Blag]]'', he posts announcements related to
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...puter writer I made for him], and [http://blog.xkcd.com/2015/09/22/a-thing-explainer-word-checker/ here is something he wrote to tell his readers about it]. It'
...ed his full name only once, in a [https://blog.xkcd.com/2015/09/22/a-thing-explainer-word-checker/ blog post about the "simple writer"] James made for him:
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{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1110|original comic}}.
...r, desolation or happiness here and there... which can easily captivate an xkcd reader for a long time (and as such qualifies as [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd s
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...s an illustration that would later be used in [[Randall]]'s book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'', in which he explains things using only the one thousand most commonly
...A Hindenburg disaster] - the quote appears at 0:47). In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' in the explanation for ''The pieces everything is made of'' (i.e. the {
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Zombies are a [[:Category:Zombies|recurring theme]] in xkcd, particularly zombie scientists, which has also occurred twice before with
...drawn in similar Hairbun style (but not with the zombie decay) in [[Thing Explainer]] in the article ''The pieces everything is made of'' (about the {{w|Period
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* This is the first xkcd comic featuring [[Randall Munroe]].
* This was also used in the "about the author" bio of Randall's book Thing Explainer, however, there the picture was of a [[Cueball]] and not a [[Hairy]] as sho
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In the book [[Thing Explainer]] a similar chart for metrics is shown in the explanation for ''How to coun
...amount of blood in a fieldmouse. A similar amount is used in comic [[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]].
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...estions in the comments, so here we go...|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://blog.xkcd.com/2006/10/06/many-news-things-some-overdue/ Source]}}
...ours. The most recent post unrelated to Randall's books was [https://blog.xkcd.com/2014/05/30/isee-3/ ISEE-3], published on May 30, 2014.
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...un''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. Like most characters in xkcd, she does not necessarily represent the same person from comic to comic. Sh
...un with curly hair from [[1645: Toasts]].]]Hairbun is a minor character in xkcd. She appeared two weeks in a row in the spring of 2015 ([[1504: Opportunity
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...t, a list that is revealed in the book. (It can also be found [https://www.xkcd.com/simplewriter/words.js here].)
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| title = XKCD Marks the Spot
| titletext = World Polio Day XKCD comic
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::''Thing Explainer,''
...e a girl, but turns out to be a woman, with a hairdo not typically seen in xkcd, blonde but short hair, with a little wisp sticking out front. She seems to
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{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1608|original comic}}!
...appeared on the same date as the release of [[Randall]]'s book, ''[[Thing Explainer]]''.
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...Buttersafe] web-comic, a comic Randall links to from below the comics on {{xkcd}}.
***In the book ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' there is an explanation ''Colors of light'' for the electromagnetic spe
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...few of the many [[:Category:Artificial Intelligence|comics about AI]] in {{xkcd}}.
...[1520: Degree-Off]]. Nuclear weapons are also mentioned twice in ''[[Thing Explainer]]'', specifically they are explained in the explanation for ''Machine for b
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{{TOC}}To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1663|original comic}}!
...g Mars rovers] which have often [[:Category:Mars rovers|been featured]] on xkcd.
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...of the [[Design of xkcd.com|four main sections]] of the [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] website.]]The '''header text''' is usually updated when [[Randall]] ha
:xkcd updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.</div><noinclude>
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...com/comics/disappearing_sunday_update_2x.png 2x version] were still on the xkcd image server after it had disappeared.
...''[[How To]]''. In fact, clicking on the comic brought the user to https://xkcd.com/how-to/. The first part of the comic, the advertisement, included a dra
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...t-3">{{TOC}}</div>To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|2198|original comic}}.
...k releases, when [[1608: Hoverboard]] came out on the Tuesday when [[Thing Explainer]] came out. Although the Hoverboard comic is much more complex than this on
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...they offer an [https://www.nytimes.com/column/good-question-randall-munroe-xkcd incomplete list] of ''Good Question'' articles. The following tables are in
Note that, unlike ''xkcd'', ''The New York Times'' content is protected by copyright. To view its ar
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