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'The creepy fingers that grow from a vibrating cornstarch-water mix can be modeled as a chain of inverted vertical pendulums (DOI:10.1039/c4sm00265b) and are believed to be the fingers of Maxwell's Demon trying to push through into our universe.'




2924. "Pendulum Types"


'Concealed mostly beneath the surface, sharks are the icebergs of the sea.'




2923. "Scary Triangles"


'Bonus question: Where is London located? (a) The British Isles (b) Great Britain and Northern Ireland (c) The UK (d) Europe (or 'the EU') (e) Greater London'




2922. "Pub Trivia"


'Okay, this eclipse will only be visible from the Arctic in February 2063, when the sun is below the horizon, BUT if we get lucky and a gigantic chasm opens in the Earth in just the right spot...'






'Fun fact: The standard North American NAD83 coordinate system is misaligned from the actual Earth, off-center by about 7 feet. Someone knows where I am, and I'm in the wrong place.'




2920. "Survey Marker"


'First comes blood / Then we perish / Then comes Death in his Eternity Carriage.'






'If you're really savvy, you can hide an entire set of illicit transactions by timing them to draw what looks like a graph inset.'



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