#3078 Anchor BoltsThe biggest expense was installing the mantle ducts to keep the carbonate-silicate cycle operating.
#3079 Air Fact'Wow, that must be why you swallow so many of them per year!' 'No, that's spiders. You swallow WAY more ants.'
#3080 Tennis BallsAfter initial tests created a series of large holes in the wall of the lab, the higher-power Scanning Tunneling Tennis Ball Microscope project was quickly shut down.
#3081 PhD TimelineRümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.
#3082 Chess PositionIt's important to learn the moves that take you into the vortex, but it's best not to study vortex itself too closely. Even grandmasters who have built up a tolerance lose the ability to play for a few hours after studying it.
#3083 Jupiter CoreJuno mission data suggests that Jupiter actually contains Matryoshka doll-style nested copies of every other planet in the Solar System.
#3084 Unstoppable Force and Immovable ObjectUnstoppable force-carrying particles can't interact with immovable matter by definition.
#3085 About 20 PoundsIn addition to gravity, burritos interact through the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces, which is believed to be a major contributor to their popularity.
#3086 Globe SafetyFrankly, given their extreme gravitational fields and general instability, even 12-inch globes should probably be banned.
#3087 Pascal's LawReductio ad absurdum fails when reality is absurd.
#3088 DepositionP.S. If you have time travel, come to my birthday party Saturday!
#3089 ModernScholars are still debating whether the current period is post-postmodern or neo-contemporary.
#3090 Sail PhysicsTurning in other directions can be accomplished by using a magnetized centerboard and ocean currents, since a current flowing through a magnetic field induces a Laplace force.
#3091 RenormalizationApplying renormalization to bullies successfully transformed Pete & Pete's Endless Mike into Finite Mike.
#3092 Baker's Units169 is a baker's gross.
#3093 DraftingA 5% efficiency gain at the cost of a 99% efficiency loss
#3094 Mass SpecPatients at least found it to be an improvement over Millikan's incredibly messy and unpleasant oil drop suspension procedure.
#3095 ArchaeaUnder the two-domain system, anyone who punches you is technically an Archaean pathogen.
#3096 Check EngineThey say it's probably safe to keep orbiting for a while, but if it stays on or starts flashing we might have to call someone.
#3097 Bridge TypesPontoon bridges are just linear open-sided waterbeds.
#3098 Trojan HorseUltimately, history would imperfectly record the story of the Foal of Troy.
#3099 Neighbor-Source Heat PumpThe installation of the pipes on the inside of the insulation can be challenging, especially when the neighbor could come home at any minute.
#3100 Alert SoundWith a good battery, the device can easily last for 5 or 10 years, although the walls probably won't.
#3101 Good ScienceIf you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity.
#3102 Reading a Big Number[desperately] Maybe this is from some country where they use commas as decimal points, and also as digit separators after the decimal, and also use random other characters for decoration???
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