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15 June 2026

		20:18	(User creation log)‎ . . [SXLVirgilio‎; JamesFenbury53‎; AdriannaScarberr‎; Antoniodog‎; BridgetteNorthco‎; DianneCorbin788‎; Eghls‎; EricSessions723‎; IndiaPulleine8‎; JanineVroland‎; REILesley31‎; KassieDicks6‎; Kevinden‎; LeopoldoMajeski‎; M1n3c4rt‎; MaryellenNeitens‎; MonserrateGrunwa‎; NolaKula746‎; 7amithorn‎]
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		20:18	Talk:1190: Time‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (0)‎ . . [81.179.199.253‎; 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:bd87:d337:9ed3:e6ca‎]
			20:18 (cur | prev) . . (+2)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk) (Undo revision 414704 by 2605:59C8:22E3:3E14:BD87:D337:9ED3:E6CA (talk) Don't chenge others' Talk comments (without some serious reason))
			19:32 (cur | prev) . . (-2)‎ . . 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:bd87:d337:9ed3:e6ca (talk) (→‎:))

		20:05	Talk:2666: Universe Price Tiers‎‎ (4 changes | history) . . (+372)‎ . . [81.179.199.253‎; 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:e439:d743:d102:ce8f‎ (3×)]
			20:05 (cur | prev) . . (+167)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk) (Polishing the turd...)
			17:03 (cur | prev) . . (+39)‎ . . 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:e439:d743:d102:ce8f (talk)
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		N    19:56	Talk:3259: Tethys‎‎ (5 changes | history) . . (+894)‎ . . [King Pando‎; TheusafBOT‎; 69.161.18.194‎; 38.25.26.137‎; 135.180.173.62‎]
			19:56 (cur | prev) . . (+199)‎ . . 38.25.26.137 (talk)
			17:19 (cur | prev) . . (+146)‎ . . 69.161.18.194 (talk)
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		N	15:53 (cur | prev) . . (+113)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: talk page for 3259)

		16:54	Category:Home Inspections‎‎ (4 changes | history) . . (-311)‎ . . [Trimutius‎; FaviFake‎ (3×)]
			16:54 (cur | prev) . . (-312)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (done)
		m	16:50 (cur | prev) . . (+6)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (removed Category:Series; added Category:Comic series using HotCat)
			16:50 (cur | prev) . . (-4)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (now a series)
			10:56 (cur | prev) . . (-1)‎ . . Trimutius (talk | contribs) (It is 4 now)

16:52

3192: Planetary Alignment‎ (diff | hist) . . (-44)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (→‎Explanation: From the Editor FAQ § [Citation needed]: "This template should only be placed when there is a deeper sense of humor and should not be overused.")

16:49

413: New Pet‎ (diff | hist) . . (-58)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (→‎Explanation: From the Editor FAQ § [Citation needed]: "This template should only be placed when there is a deeper sense of humor and should not be overused.")

16:48

3227: Creation‎ (diff | hist) . . (-76)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (Undo revision 414467 by YZ100 (talk) I see neither of these. If the sky is black and the comic is black is because the sky is black)

16:44

1435: Presidential Alert‎ (diff | hist) . . (-6)‎ . . FaviFake (talk | contribs) (From the Editor FAQ § [Citation needed]: "This template should only be placed when there is a deeper sense of humor and should not be overused.")

15:53

(Upload log) . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) uploaded File:tethys 2x.png ‎(== Summary == Small size can be found at https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tethys.png == Licensing == {{XKCD file}} Category:Comic images)

		15:27	3258: Plate Flip‎‎ (9 changes | history) . . (+1,516)‎ . . [JeffUK‎; 7amithorn‎; GSLikesCats307‎ (2×); 82.13.184.33‎ (5×)]
			15:27 (cur | prev) . . (+559)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			15:19 (cur | prev) . . (+226)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			15:12 (cur | prev) . . (+404)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			15:03 (cur | prev) . . (-5)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
		m	09:47 (cur | prev) . . (+6)‎ . . JeffUK (talk | contribs) (Add CN to assertion.)
			09:45 (cur | prev) . . (-62)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			09:44 (cur | prev) . . (-2)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			08:50 (cur | prev) . . (+72)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			01:52 (cur | prev) . . (+318)‎ . . 7amithorn (talk | contribs) (→‎Transcript: Added how the characters are standing in each frame.)

		14:43	738: Incision‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (+147)‎ . . [GSLikesCats307‎; 82.132.237.200‎]
			14:43 (cur | prev) . . (+39)‎ . . 82.132.237.200 (talk) (→‎Explanation: To call the ailment-items organs (let alone them being *all* the body's organs) would be misleading. Only fully organs (some of them!) in comic. Not to mention the one task to *insert* a rubber band, instead, but that overcomplicates it.)
			09:57 (cur | prev) . . (+108)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)

		14:24	3257: Beam Pipe‎‎ (3 changes | history) . . (+305)‎ . . [BunsenH‎; 82.13.184.33‎; 136.226.77.80‎]
			14:24 (cur | prev) . . (+95)‎ . . BunsenH (talk | contribs) (→‎Explanation: flowing into air)
			12:57 (cur | prev) . . (-2)‎ . . 136.226.77.80 (talk) (Grammar correction)
			08:43 (cur | prev) . . (+212)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

		12:47	Talk:3258: Plate Flip‎‎ (12 changes | history) . . (+4,101)‎ . . [RG‎; 87.115.198.74‎; 85.159.196.162‎; 2a0a:ef40:2d3:201:1ce2:157d:bc39:d800‎; 2a02:8071:b84:fe60:b8cd:f85a:6078:b152‎; 2001:4c4e:1c09:1c00:27af:e5e8:189c:b02a‎; Rps‎ (2×); 82.13.184.33‎ (4×)]
			12:47 (cur | prev) . . (+187)‎ . . 2001:4c4e:1c09:1c00:27af:e5e8:189c:b02a (talk)
			11:25 (cur | prev) . . (+632)‎ . . Rps (talk | contribs) (Another similar joke)
			10:19 (cur | prev) . . (+1,495)‎ . . Rps (talk | contribs) (Douglas Adams has a similar bit)
			09:09 (cur | prev) . . (+45)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk)
			08:56 (cur | prev) . . (+157)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk)
			08:54 (cur | prev) . . (+160)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk)
			08:51 (cur | prev) . . (+100)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk)
			08:36 (cur | prev) . . (+648)‎ . . 2a02:8071:b84:fe60:b8cd:f85a:6078:b152 (talk)
			08:28 (cur | prev) . . (+169)‎ . . 2a0a:ef40:2d3:201:1ce2:157d:bc39:d800 (talk) (Joke about third base.)
			08:11 (cur | prev) . . (+190)‎ . . 85.159.196.162 (talk)
			08:09 (cur | prev) . . (+171)‎ . . 87.115.198.74 (talk)
			04:48 (cur | prev) . . (+147)‎ . . RG (talk | contribs)

		11:49	1546: Tamagotchi Hive‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (+25)‎ . . [82.132.238.93‎; 134.60.67.135‎]
			11:49 (cur | prev) . . (-14)‎ . . 82.132.238.93 (talk) (→‎Explanation: Please turn off (or don't even activate) the Smartquote function of your editor, whatever you did to do that.)
			06:26 (cur | prev) . . (+39)‎ . . 134.60.67.135 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

		11:38	Talk:3257: Beam Pipe‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (+342)‎ . . [RG‎; 82.132.238.93‎]
			11:38 (cur | prev) . . (+162)‎ . . 82.132.238.93 (talk)
			02:20 (cur | prev) . . (+180)‎ . . RG (talk | contribs)

		11:34	3255: Planetary Science‎‎ (3 changes | history) . . (+1,192)‎ . . [RG‎; 82.132.238.93‎ (2×)]
			11:34 (cur | prev) . . (+55)‎ . . 82.132.238.93 (talk) (→‎Explanation: Originally wanted to use "terrestriality", or maybe "terrestrialness", to say it 'simpler' and with fewer padding words, but chickened out regarding whether it would be understood as intended.)
			11:26 (cur | prev) . . (+654)‎ . . 82.132.238.93 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			04:57 (cur | prev) . . (+483)‎ . . RG (talk | contribs) (Removed incomplete notice, and added something about the possible project hail mary reference)

09:29

327: Exploits of a Mom‎ (diff | hist) . . (+13)‎ . . 49.182.83.89 (talk) (show where the malicious name starts and ends)

m   04:51

3252: Ancestral Genomes‎ (diff | hist) . . (-107)‎ . . RG (talk | contribs) (It is I, the vanquisher of Incomplete notices for after their 1-2 weeks of being funny. Unless it's you know, incomplete.)

03:34

3238: Soniferous Aether‎ (diff | hist) . . (+8)‎ . . 23.93.122.53 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

03:01

Talk:3254: Detector‎ (diff | hist) . . (+263)‎ . . 69.5.140.194 (talk)

14 June 2026

		23:11	(User creation log)‎ . . [YBCSonja10728‎; MauriceThornber‎; AugustQwg06351‎; Connie50C7544454‎; DeclanZox3‎; GqegJoina‎; JillianMcdermott‎; KarolRust04575‎; KazukoRoth‎; KobyAbreu7018‎; MellissaBoswell‎; WallaceVqx‎; Michaelwaw‎; MitchellHague74‎; OmerN56732431‎; PatrickWerfel19‎; PriscillaKeeney‎; RamonitaPelletie‎; Raymundo99I‎; RichieBrunker1‎; AndrewZ1050227‎]
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		22:46	Talk:1932: The True Meaning of Christmas‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (+134)‎ . . [81.179.199.253‎; 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:f8ea:b61a:d6b0:1c6c‎]
			22:46 (cur | prev) . . (+76)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk)
			22:25 (cur | prev) . . (+58)‎ . . 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:f8ea:b61a:d6b0:1c6c (talk)

		22:43	3258: Plate Flip‎‎ (8 changes | history) . . (+1,563)‎ . . [2a02:21b4:9e01:1400:5157:d5f3:8cfb:cd49‎; 1234231587678‎; 2a00:5884:1103::e89‎; 2607:f2c0:b16a:d900:10a0:c71c:8f86:74a6‎; GSLikesCats307‎ (4×)]
			22:43 (cur | prev) . . (+89)‎ . . 2607:f2c0:b16a:d900:10a0:c71c:8f86:74a6 (talk) (→‎Explanation: Alternatively, everything is flipped along with the surface and ends up under the crust)
			20:45 (cur | prev) . . (+444)‎ . . 2a02:21b4:9e01:1400:5157:d5f3:8cfb:cd49 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			14:38 (cur | prev) . . (-1)‎ . . 2a00:5884:1103::e89 (talk) (Fix exfoliation link)
			09:52 (cur | prev) . . (+30)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			09:50 (cur | prev) . . (+148)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			09:49 (cur | prev) . . (+441)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			09:33 (cur | prev) . . (+179)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
		m	04:55 (cur | prev) . . (+233)‎ . . 1234231587678 (talk | contribs)

		22:39	Talk:2089: Christmas Eve Eve‎‎ (4 changes | history) . . (0)‎ . . [TheusafBOT‎ (2×); 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:f8ea:b61a:d6b0:1c6c‎ (2×)]
		m	22:39 (cur | prev) . . (-4,370)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Reverted edit 414610 by 2605:59C8:22E3:3E14:F8EA:B61A:D6B0:1C6C to 414609)
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		m	22:38 (cur | prev) . . (-1,498)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Reverted edit 414608 by 2605:59C8:22E3:3E14:F8EA:B61A:D6B0:1C6C to 222821)
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		21:40	Talk:1005: SOPA‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (+281)‎ . . [81.179.199.253‎; 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:f8ea:b61a:d6b0:1c6c‎]
			21:40 (cur | prev) . . (+76)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk) (Yeah, but at least sign.)
			18:06 (cur | prev) . . (+205)‎ . . 2605:59c8:22e3:3e14:f8ea:b61a:d6b0:1c6c (talk)

		19:03	3210: Eliminating the Impossible‎‎ (2 changes | history) . . (0)‎ . . [SacrifycedStoat‎; 81.179.199.253‎]
			19:03 (cur | prev) . . (+29)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk) (Undo revision 414597 by SacrifycedStoat (talk) No reformatting needed, as the way it was was an apt meta-joke.)
		m	16:38 (cur | prev) . . (-29)‎ . . SacrifycedStoat (talk | contribs) (Re-formatted some of the hyperlinks)

		18:42	3257: Beam Pipe‎‎ (6 changes | history) . . (+3,051)‎ . . [Baruch‎; BunsenH‎; 1234231587678‎; 2a02:21b4:9e01:1400:4130:2472:9434:9b1‎; 2400:4152:3004:f400:58e1:c4f:102d:710e‎; 209.133.116.38‎]
			18:42 (cur | prev) . . (-4)‎ . . 209.133.116.38 (talk) (removed extra word the)
			15:21 (cur | prev) . . (+2,246)‎ . . BunsenH (talk | contribs) (→‎Explanation: physics of pressure in hoses; LHC vacuum)
			08:50 (cur | prev) . . (-1)‎ . . 2400:4152:3004:f400:58e1:c4f:102d:710e (talk) (typo)
		m	06:59 (cur | prev) . . (-1)‎ . . Baruch (talk | contribs) (→‎Explanation)
			06:07 (cur | prev) . . (+1,000)‎ . . 2a02:21b4:9e01:1400:4130:2472:9434:9b1 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
		m	05:01 (cur | prev) . . (-189)‎ . . 1234231587678 (talk | contribs)

17:55

Talk:2731: K-Means Clustering‎ (diff | hist) . . (+139)‎ . . 81.179.199.253 (talk)

		16:20	Talk:3258: Plate Flip‎‎ (9 changes | history) . . (+1,338)‎ . . [SacrifycedStoat‎; 47.151.65.120‎; 2605:59c8:160:db08:39d0:2269:6983:e38‎; Salsmachev‎ (2×); GSLikesCats307‎ (2×); 185.36.194.22‎ (2×)]
			16:20 (cur | prev) . . (+227)‎ . . SacrifycedStoat (talk | contribs)
		m	13:22 (cur | prev) . . (+89)‎ . . Salsmachev (talk | contribs) (Asked a question)
		m	13:20 (cur | prev) . . (+169)‎ . . Salsmachev (talk | contribs) (Asked a question)
			12:46 (cur | prev) . . (+7)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			09:53 (cur | prev) . . (+182)‎ . . GSLikesCats307 (talk | contribs)
			04:29 (cur | prev) . . (+152)‎ . . 2605:59c8:160:db08:39d0:2269:6983:e38 (talk)
			04:28 (cur | prev) . . (-4)‎ . . 185.36.194.22 (talk)
			04:28 (cur | prev) . . (+401)‎ . . 185.36.194.22 (talk)
			04:03 (cur | prev) . . (+115)‎ . . 47.151.65.120 (talk) (Added comment)

13:35

Talk:3239: Simple Machines‎ (diff | hist) . . (+129)‎ . . 37.47.73.127 (talk) (Simple Machines Forum mention comment)

05:13

2913: Periodic Table Regions‎ (diff | hist) . . (+41)‎ . . 71.36.101.230 (talk) (→‎Explanation: improved "regular dirt" explanation)

13 June 2026

17:01

Talk:421: Making Hash Browns‎ (diff | hist) . . (+144)‎ . . 47.151.65.120 (talk) (Added comment)

		16:11	(User creation log)‎ . . [JenniferCrockett‎; HeribertoMcKinla‎; BernardWindeyer‎; Anyswap‎]
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3258‎ (diff | hist) . . (+30)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3258: Plate Flip)

N    15:31

Plate Flip‎ (diff | hist) . . (+30)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3258: Plate Flip)

15:31

(Upload log) . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) uploaded File:plate flip 2x.png ‎(== Summary == Small size can be found at https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/plate_flip.png == Licensing == {{XKCD file}} Category:Comic images)

12 June 2026

		15:01	3257: Beam Pipe‎‎ (8 changes | history) . . (+522)‎ . . [82.132.236.149‎; 208.59.176.206‎; 82.13.184.33‎ (6×)]
			15:01 (cur | prev) . . (-5)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
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			14:43 (cur | prev) . . (+466)‎ . . 82.132.236.149 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			14:21 (cur | prev) . . (+41)‎ . . 208.59.176.206 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			14:20 (cur | prev) . . (-3)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)
			14:17 (cur | prev) . . (+46)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

14:26

3253: Sunbeam‎ (diff | hist) . . (-13)‎ . . 82.132.236.149 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

		14:19	Talk:3257: Beam Pipe‎‎ (3 changes | history) . . (+2,465)‎ . . [82.132.236.149‎; 82.13.184.33‎; 134.102.219.31‎]
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413: New Pet‎ (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . 82.132.236.149 (talk) (→‎Explanation: There are three CNs in here... Probably too much.)

14:06

Talk:2731: K-Means Clustering‎ (diff | hist) . . (+465)‎ . . 194.199.22.68 (talk) (Tried to explain the joke in a couple of sentences.)

12:46

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11 June 2026

14:50

Talk:3255: Planetary Science‎ (diff | hist) . . (+216)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk)

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3252: Ancestral Genomes‎ (diff | hist) . . (+30)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

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3251: Time Machine Conversation‎ (diff | hist) . . (+25)‎ . . 82.13.184.33 (talk) (→‎Explanation)

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3257‎ (diff | hist) . . (+29)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3257: Beam Pipe)

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Beam Pipe‎ (diff | hist) . . (+29)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3257: Beam Pipe)

12:31

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10 June 2026

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		20:14	3256: Nostalgia Content‎‎ (19 changes | history) . . (+1,199)‎ . . [82.132.237.84‎; 81.179.199.253‎; 69.137.41.224‎; 174.94.118.233‎; Rnestler‎ (2×); Clarkexckd8‎ (2×); 208.59.176.206‎ (2×); 2001:4c4e:1c16:4500:8135:3c0c:3328:1a96‎ (2×); GSLikesCats307‎ (3×); 205.175.118.102‎ (4×)]
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3137: Cursed Number‎ (diff | hist) . . (+154)‎ . . 82.132.237.84 (talk) (→‎Explanation: Inserted a more direct 'riff' on the Lovecraftian 'original'. Whch sort of requires it to go 'first' in the followup, sorry.)

12:55

1799: Bad Map Projection: Time Zones‎ (diff | hist) . . (-1)‎ . . 46.140.159.234 (talk) (→‎Errors: Typo in Danmarkshavn was directing to wikipedia Not Found page)

9 June 2026

		N    20:43	3256: Nostalgia Content‎‎ (32 changes | history) . . (+2,938)‎ . . [Guy404‎; 47.195.111.221‎; 149.19.46.18‎; 174.94.118.233‎; 194.9.103.97‎; 207.28.242.2‎; 2600:1003:b07d:d75f:2184:4480:d68b:40f1‎; 64.201.132.210‎; 66.9.166.75‎; 73.112.30.99‎; Barmar‎; TheusafBOT‎; 136.228.253.236‎; 50.47.110.240‎ (3×); 82.45.55.60‎ (3×); Natg19‎ (3×); Clarkexckd8‎ (4×); GSLikesCats307‎ (6×)]
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Talk:Five-Minute Comics: Part 4‎ (diff | hist) . . (+749)‎ . . 82.132.239.2 (talk)

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3256‎ (diff | hist) . . (+37)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3256: Nostalgia Content)

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Nostalgia Content‎ (diff | hist) . . (+37)‎ . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) (Created by theusafBOT: #REDIRECT 3256: Nostalgia Content)

12:33

(Upload log) . . TheusafBOT (talk | contribs) uploaded File:nostalgia content 2x.png ‎(== Summary == Small size can be found at https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/nostalgia_content.png == Licensing == {{XKCD file}} Category:Comic images)

8 June 2026

21:09

Talk:3255: Planetary Science‎ (diff | hist) . . (+421)‎ . . 50.45.232.78 (talk) (responded to user:Barmar)