#2598 Graphic DesignersThey might make it past that first line of defense. For the second, you'll need some picture frames, a level, and a protractor that can do increments of less than a degree.
#2599 Spacecraft Debris Odds RatioYou say this daily walk will reduce my risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 30%, but also increase my risk of death by bear attack by 300%? That's a 280% increased! I'm not a sucker; I'm staying inside.
#2600 Rejected Question CategoriesYou can click to preorder to get a copy of What If? 2 when it comes out 9/13, assuming we all make it past the spider situation(?) on Tuesday(?).
#2602 Linguistics DegreeYou'd think 'linguistics' would go to someone important in the field, but it's actually assigned to a random student in Ohio who barely graduated and then went into automotive marketing.
#2603 Childhood ToysThe rope keeps breaking, I'm covered in bruises and scrapes, and I've barely reached the end of my driveway, but I don't care--I'm determined to become the first person to commute to work by tetherball.
#2604 Frankenstein CaptchaThe distinction between a ship and a boat is a line drawn in water.
#2605 Taylor SeriesThe Taylor series should have been canceled after the first term.
#2606 Weird Unicode Math SymbolsU+2A0B ⨋ Mathematicians need to calm down
#2607 Geiger CounterAt first I didn't get why they were warning me about all those birds sitting on the wire, but then I understood.
#2608 Family ReunionGrandma says that because of differences in primate and feline lifespans, the cat is actually my 17,000,000th cousin 14,000,000 times removed.
#2609 EntwivesNo, we actually do have a woman who's basically part of our fellowship. She lives in Rivendell, you wouldn't know her.
#2610 Assigning NumbersGödel should do an article on which branches of math have the lowest average theorem number.
#2611 Cutest-Sounding Scientific EffectsThe Stroop-YORP number of a scientific paper is how many of the 16 finalist names (sans 'effect') it manages to casually sneak into the text.
#2612 LightsabersA lot of Jedi romances start with this turning into a Lady and the Tramp spaghetti situation.
#2613 Bad Map Projection: MadagascatorThe projection's north pole is in a small lake on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles, which is off the top of the map and larger than the rest of the Earth's land area combined.
#2614 2It's like sigma summation notation, except instead of summing the argument over all values of i, you 2 the argument over all values of 2.
#2615 Welcome Back'We're shocked by the Notre Dame fire. Click for our tribute to--' [okay] 'Now that we're all staying at home these past few weeks thanks to this new coronavirus, we--' [okay]
#2616 Deep EndHey! No running in the back-arc basin!
#2617 MapsOpenStreetMap was always pretty good but is also now *really* good? And Apple Maps's new zoomed-in design in certain cities like NYC and London is just gorgeous. It's cool how there are all these good maps now!
#2618 Selection BiasWe carefully sampled the general population and found that most people are familiar with acquiescence bias.
#2619 CrêpeA medicine that makes you put two dots over your letters more often is a diäretic.
#2620 Health DataDonate now to help us find a cure for causality. No one should have to suffer through events because of other events.
#2621 Mainly Known ForOh sure, I know Keira Knightly, from the first movie in that series by The Land Before Time producer. You know, the franchise with the guy from Jurassic Park and Ghostwriter, and script work by Billie Lourd's mom?
#2622 Angular Diameter TurnaroundThank you to Katie Mack for teaching me about this effect, and to Janelle Shane for describing redshifts as 'like galaxies sinking into a pool of dilute blood,' which is how I'll see them from now on.
#2623 GoofsThe film is set in 2018, but when Commander Bremberly chases the hologram through Times Square, there's a billboard for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Depending on the date, that billboard would have been advertising either Infinity War or this movie.
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