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Cursive Letters
𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸...
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Greenland Size
The Mercator projection drastically distorts the size of almost every area of land except a small...
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
You know that asteroid that almost destroyed Earth in the 90s? Turns out the whole thing...
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Moon Landing Mission Profiles
If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use...
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Moon Armor Index
Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer...
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Physics vs. Magic
'At the stroke of midnight, your brother will be hurtling sideways at an altitude of 150...
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Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically...
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Geographic Qualifiers
'Thank you for the loveliest evening I've ever had...' [normal] '...east of the Mississippi.' [instant intrigue!]
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Call My Cell
'Hey, can you call my cell?' '...I'm trying, but it says this number is blocked?' 'Ok,...
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Goodhart's Law
[later] I'm pleased to report we're now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.
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Orbital Argument
"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is...
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Light Leap Years
When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and...
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Crossword Constructors
Also, we would really appreciate it if you could prominently refer to it as an 'eHit'.
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Treasure Chests
[earlier] "Your vintage-style handmade chest business is struggling. But I have a plan."
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Research Account
Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
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Sphere Tastiness
Baseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the...
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Relationship Advice
Good to be a little wary of advice that sounds too much like a self pep...
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Greenhouse Effect
Once he had the answer, Arrhenius complained to his friends that he'd "wasted over a full...