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'When speaking out loud, you can can call it the 'Perseids meatier shower' and no one will ever know. (If you do get caught somehow, just tell them to Google the 'Kentucky meat shower' and that will distract them while you escape.)'
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'FYI: The 'drop, cover, and hold on' advice only applies to earthquakes. If you encounter a mountain lion, you should absolutely not drop to the ground, crawl under it, and hold on to one of its legs.'
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'Getting the utility people to run transmission lines to Earth is expensive, but it will pay for itself in no time.'
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'Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.'
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'The ideal mix for maximum competitive cable-coiling energy is one A/V tech, one rock climber, one sailor, and one topologist.'
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'I mean, it's pretty, but it doesn't really affect us beyond that. Except that half the nights aren't really dark, and once or twice a day it makes the oceans flood the coasts.'
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'Mr. Jones, watch out for Ms. Lenhart! She's from genus Photuris!'
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'The vaccine stuff seems pretty simple. But if you take a closer look at the data, it's still simple, but bigger. And slightly blurry. Might need reading glasses.'
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'Refs generally say that you can exercise enough altitude control to avoid the ground, but if you start strategically choosing air layers to steer yourself, that's traveling.'
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'The increasing number of graham crackers and chocolate bars in orbit has created a growing risk of Kessler s'mores.'
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'The Atlantic is expanding at about 10 ppm (points per month).'
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'I actually kind of feel like John and Surf King wouldn't like each other, which is a lot to unpack.'
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