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Colorado contains what looks like a Wikipedia article. [http://xkcd.com/1079/colorado/ A close-up of the fake article is provided.] The following references are made in the Colorado article: | Colorado contains what looks like a Wikipedia article. [http://xkcd.com/1079/colorado/ A close-up of the fake article is provided.] The following references are made in the Colorado article: | ||
| − | *The pronunciation is not that for Colorado, but for {{w|Eyjafjallajökull}}, a volcano in Iceland that erupted in April 2010 | + | *The pronunciation is not that for Colorado, but for {{w|Eyjafjallajökull}}, a volcano in Iceland that erupted in April 2010. |
*The way it has a demilitarized zone towards Wyoming resembles {{W|North Korea}} and {{W|South Korea}}. | *The way it has a demilitarized zone towards Wyoming resembles {{W|North Korea}} and {{W|South Korea}}. | ||
*Eleven dimensions refers to {{w|string theory}}. | *Eleven dimensions refers to {{w|string theory}}. | ||
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*The fake motto ''Si parare possis, vivere septem'' can be roughly translated as "With preparation, survival is possible for over a week." | *The fake motto ''Si parare possis, vivere septem'' can be roughly translated as "With preparation, survival is possible for over a week." | ||
| − | New Mexico | + | New Mexico according to [https://xkcd.com/1079/info.0.json official transcript] is "A liquid container labeled for something of unusual and silly danger". The labeling is upside down and it refers to the nuclear testing facility White Sands Missile Range located in New Mexico for the nuclear bomb. The joke is that it presents the white sand itself as extremely hazardous. The phrase "contains chemicals known only to the state of Nevada" may be a reference to the nuclear weapons testing that occurred in Nevada (although in that case, it's not really the ''state'' of Nevada that knows those chemicals, but rather the {{w|Nevada Test Site}}, home of Area 51 ''et al''.), and is also a reference to California's {{w|1986 California Proposition 65|Proposition 65}} warning label, "WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm." |
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:Property of White Sands Missile Range | :Property of White Sands Missile Range | ||
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|Nevada ||A clothes iron.|| | |Nevada ||A clothes iron.|| | ||
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| − | |New Hampshire ||A tall brick factory building.|| | + | |New Hampshire ||A tall brick factory building.|| Could be in reference to the many brick mill buildings in Manchester, one of the larger cities in the state. |
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|New Jersey ||A bent-over old person. He is carrying a cane.|| | |New Jersey ||A bent-over old person. He is carrying a cane.|| | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | + | *A print version of this comic is available in the [https://store.xkcd.com/products/united-shapes-poster xkcd store]. | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
