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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)
 
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)