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I suppose it's not okay to copy and paste random portions of other articles here in hopes of creating a super explanation?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.16|162.158.75.16]] 20:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 
I suppose it's not okay to copy and paste random portions of other articles here in hopes of creating a super explanation?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.16|162.158.75.16]] 20:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
  
Does this remind anyone of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbenrpfuxHs|Tom Scott's Piña Collider?]]
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Does this remind anyone of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbenrpfuxHs|_ Tom Scott's Piña Collider?]
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:no but it reminds of the Higgs boson search by looking and bananas and acorn squash http://sci-ence.org/higgs/
  
 
There's a new-year's day ''for trees''? This fact alone deserves its own comic! [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 21:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
 
There's a new-year's day ''for trees''? This fact alone deserves its own comic! [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 21:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
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If only, if only.  Orange juice is somewhat sour, and pineapple juice cloyingly sweet, but what would the combination fruit be like?
 
If only, if only.  Orange juice is somewhat sour, and pineapple juice cloyingly sweet, but what would the combination fruit be like?
 
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.154|108.162.216.154]] 02:54, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Gene Wirchenko [email protected]
 
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.154|108.162.216.154]] 02:54, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Gene Wirchenko [email protected]
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:I believe that is next on the agenda after the peanut/grape enigma is solved [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 01:50, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
  
 
This reminds me of https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/, especially title text of the last picture: "A hole bunch of strange, extremely massive drivers were created by collision, but all were extremely short-lived." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.190|162.158.238.190]] 10:19, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
 
This reminds me of https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/, especially title text of the last picture: "A hole bunch of strange, extremely massive drivers were created by collision, but all were extremely short-lived." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.190|162.158.238.190]] 10:19, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
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Is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4qFuIXrfVE|_ Banapple Gas] an early result from the Fruit Collider? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.174|162.158.167.174]] 05:39, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
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The hypothesis presented in this strip has now been empirically tested by [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzJBm3ThjJ8 The Slow Mo Guys].[[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.46|172.68.110.46]] 13:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
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:So apparently I'm not the only fan of The Slow Mo Guys here... [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 09:25, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
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A coconut with orange skin! Explodes after 12 µs (microseconds) [[User:StillNotOriginal|S<sup>t<sup>i<sup>l<sup>l</sup></sup></sup></sup><sup>Not</sup>]][[User talk:StillNotOriginal|<sup><sub>Original</sub></sup>]]  00:50, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
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Why does the explanation say that many people " ind the high seed-to-flesh ratio offputting when eating" pomegranates, when in pomegranates the seeds are actually the tasty thing you want to eat instead of the flesh?--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 17:44, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

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I propose that - for once - we keep the bot-generated text in this explanation section: "This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect." 141.101.69.129 15:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

+1! And Ponytail gets banned from particle physics conferences? Or her biology license is revoked. https://xkcd.com/410/ --162.158.90.108 16:57, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
We need to compile a blacklist for conferences people are banned from... Linker (talk) 18:36, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
Hey baby, you can still practice biology without a license... ProphetZarquon (talk) 21:39, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
.*Pepper Spray*Linker (talk) 17:16, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

I suppose it's not okay to copy and paste random portions of other articles here in hopes of creating a super explanation?162.158.75.16 20:41, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Does this remind anyone of Tom Scott's Piña Collider?

no but it reminds of the Higgs boson search by looking and bananas and acorn squash http://sci-ence.org/higgs/

There's a new-year's day for trees? This fact alone deserves its own comic! ProphetZarquon (talk) 21:44, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

A holiday =/= new-year's day - 162.158.50.10 01:25, 1 February 2018 (UTC)
If you google the jewish holiday for the trees, you will see it is actually a “new year’s day” for the trees. 108.162.216.160 12:06, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

If only, if only. Orange juice is somewhat sour, and pineapple juice cloyingly sweet, but what would the combination fruit be like? 108.162.216.154 02:54, 1 February 2018 (UTC) Gene Wirchenko [email protected]

I believe that is next on the agenda after the peanut/grape enigma is solved These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For (talk) 01:50, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

This reminds me of https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/, especially title text of the last picture: "A hole bunch of strange, extremely massive drivers were created by collision, but all were extremely short-lived." 162.158.238.190 10:19, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Is Banapple Gas an early result from the Fruit Collider? 162.158.167.174 05:39, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

The hypothesis presented in this strip has now been empirically tested by The Slow Mo Guys.172.68.110.46 13:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

So apparently I'm not the only fan of The Slow Mo Guys here... Herobrine (talk) 09:25, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

A coconut with orange skin! Explodes after 12 µs (microseconds) StillNotOriginal 00:50, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Why does the explanation say that many people " ind the high seed-to-flesh ratio offputting when eating" pomegranates, when in pomegranates the seeds are actually the tasty thing you want to eat instead of the flesh?--Lupo (talk) 17:44, 12 October 2018 (UTC)