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  1. 1

    Asteroid Threat

    xkcd.com/3265/

    Comic. [Two images of Earth, one centered on Africa, with a dotted line behind, and the other in the foreground with a target marked in the Indian Ocean.] [caption] Dire news: An asteroid is on course to hit the Earth exactly *opposite* the Yucatán Peninsula, bringing *back* the dinosaurs.
    8,292 1,407
    Jul 2, 2026
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    Holes

    xkcd.com/3266/

    Comic: Holes. Elevation is to scale relative to sea level and ground level. Land shapes and horizontal distances are not to scale. [Lines for every 1k meters starting from -12k up to +4k: Bingham Canyon Mine (US), Veryovkina Cave (Georgia), MPONENG Gold Mine (South Africa), Sanford Laboratory (US), Giant Crystal Cave (Mexico), Derinkugo Underground City (Turkey), WIPP (US), Restof Salt Mine, with an arrow pointing at the bottom that reads “oops” (US), San Andreas Fault Observatory Borehole (US) CFB North Bay (Canada), Woodingdean Water Well (dug by hand) (United Kingdom), Diefen-Bunker (Canada), Deep Underground Command Center (Canceled in 1965) (US), Lake Peigneu, with another oops arrow next to it (US), Sydney Opera House Parking (Australia), Onkalo Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository (Finland), Hudson River, Delaware Aqueduct (US), Raven Rock (US), Wieliczka and Bochina Salt Mines (Poland), Atchison Storage Facility (US), Snolab (Canada), Detroit Salt Mine (US), Hongyancun Subway Station (China), Nuclear Test Shafts (North Korea), Super Kamiokande Neutrino Detector (Japan), Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy), Peak above Gran Sasso, Modane Laboratory (France), Peak above Modane Laboratory, Gotthard Tunnel (Switzerland), Peak above Cheyenne Bunker and Gotthard Tunnel, Cheyenne Mountain Bunker (US), Kola Superdeep Borehole (Russia) - deepest artificial point below surface at -11917m, Lake Baikal (Russia), sediments under Lake Baikal, IDDP-2 Borehole (Iceland), Dead Sea (multiple countries), Ryfylke Tunnel (Norway), Pantal Remis Mine with another oops arrow (Malaysia), Great Blue Hole (Belize), Joides Resolution Expedition 307 (Atlantic Ocean), Deepwater Horizon Borehole (Gulf of Mexico) - deepest artificial point below sea level at -11944m, Glomar Challenger Hole 504B (Pacific Ocean), Mohole (Pacific Ocean), Joides Resolution Expedition 329 (Pacific Ocean), Mariana Trench (Pacific Ocean)]
    4,940 959
    Jul 2, 2026
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    Calibration Nobel

    xkcd.com/3275/

    Comic. [Person 1 with short hair on stage behind podium reading off paper while addressing audience. People are shown sitting in chairs while Person 2 with ponytail and Person 3 waving are walking toward stage.] PERSON 1: This year’s Nobel Prize in “calibrating your equipment carefully and not embarrassing yourself by publishing spurious results” goes to Dr. Adams and Dr. Smith, who did *not* announce the discovery of microbes on Titan. PERSON 3: Thank you, thank you.
    4,888 627
    Jul 23, 2026
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    Latitude and Longitude

    xkcd.com/3273/

    Comic. [Latitude and longitude lines squeezing Earth.] [caption: Bad news: NASA accidentally shrank Earth’s latitude and longitude lines in the wash.]
    4,742 638
    Jul 20, 2026
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    Types of Tornado Alert

    xkcd.com/3267/

    8-panel Comic. (1) Tornado Warning [tornado in the distance of a house] A tornado has been detected; take shelter (2) Tornado Watch [Person with bun talking to another person pointing at diagrams on screen] Conditions are favorable for tornadoes to form (3) Tornado precaution [person] Tornadoes happen sometimes, so be ready (4) Tornado Inkling [Person with hand on face] No tornadoes yet, but we have a feeling (5) Tornado Suspicion [Person looking up at clouds] Weird clouds have been observed (6) Tornado Premonition [Person looking at birds flying in tornado shape and two birds sitting on scythe-like structure with skull beneath] Tornado portents and omens have been observed (7) Tornado Recollection [Person with thought bubble containing tornado] Tornadoes have occurred in the past (8) Tornado Contemplation [Person sitting and saying, “Wow.”] Tornadoes are very big and powerful
    4,703 928
    Jul 6, 2026
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    Offside

    xkcd.com/3268/

    Comic. [chessboard with red dotted line and flag at second line. Highlighted rook is positioned next to King behind the red line.] [caption] I thought I had checkmate, but I didn’t realize my rook was offside.
    4,564 821
    Jul 8, 2026
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    Arthurian Connector

    xkcd.com/3274/

    Comic. Cursed Connectors #158: The Arthurian (can only be unplugged by a rightful heir to the British throne) [one side of the cord connection is a sword; the other is a stone with a hole in the center]
    4,322 591
    Jul 21, 2026
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    Time Change

    xkcd.com/3272/

    3-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 behind podium on stage: We all hate springing forward. But we love falling back. (2) [Audience pictured listening] PERSON 1: Therefore, we are abolishing the *spring* time change *only*. We’ll gain an hour every year, but never lose one. (3) PERSON OFF-PANEL: Won’t that cause the clocks to spiral out of sync with the sun? PERSON 1 holding up a fist: *Then we will meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested!*
    3,641 693
    Jul 16, 2026
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    Airport Meeting

    xkcd.com/3269/

    4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 with briefcase: I do restaurant analysis for a beverage company. PERSON 2 with ponytail and briefcase: Neat! I work in the automotive industry, developing parts for specialized vehicles. (2) PERSON 1: Oh, my flight is boarding. It was nice to meet you! PERSON 2: You too! (3) [Person 1 and Person 2 walk separate ways] (4) Years Later: [Book with cover text Michelin Tire Company ⭐ Star Restaurant Guide, above a car that says on the side Red Bull Supercar]
    2,545 281
    Jul 10, 2026
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    720 Ollie

    xkcd.com/3264/

    Comic. [Person with short hair and a skateboard talking to another person, with an image of Person 1 on a skateboard going over a bump with a line with two swirls behind him.] PERSON 1: Something weird I’ve noticed is that if I do a 360 ollie, I land backward. I have to do a 720 to land going forward. [caption] Tony Hawk discovers that he’s a spin-½ fermion.
    2,427 289
    Jun 29, 2026
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    Toasting Marshmallows

    xkcd.com/3270/

    Comic. [Two people toasting marshmallows over fire.] PERSON 1: At least we finally determined the board’s actual thermal limit. PERSON 2 with shoulder-length hair: Yeah. You know, we probably shouldn’t eat these. [caption] Engineering tip: Keep sticks and marshmallows around to make failures look intentional.
    2,233 236
    Jul 14, 2026
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    The Princess and the Pea

    xkcd.com/3271/

    Comic. [Line graph with many mattresses per pea pointing to the left, many peas per mattress pointing to the right, and 1:1 mattress-to-pea ratio in the center. Existing Hans Christian Andersen story is circled between center and left wit ha stack of mattresses and one pea with princess on top. Arrows for potential sequels/reboots point to a mountain of mattresses further left, and to the right in order a single mattress with one pea underneath, a princess sitting on a bed holding a bowl of peas, and the mattress sitting on a huge pile of peas.]
    1,938 202
    Jul 15, 2026
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    What would a rainbow look like on Tatooine?

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    What would a rainbow be like on Tatooine?
    YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
    1,181 191
    Jul 7, 2026