xkcd #3047: Rotary Tool (xkcd.com)

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It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

https://explainxkcd.com/3047/

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[-] intelisense@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Everything in XKCD is based on truth. That's what makes it so funny... to geeks, at least.

Edit: God damn it, he put 72 instead of 78 RPM. I guess he does make mistakes after all...

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

He's made typos a few times in the past too: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?search=typo&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

He also put 33 instead of 33 and ⅓. Get the pitchforks!

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Just a random thought, I always knew that 33 multiplied by 3 is 99 and 33 1/3 multiplied by 3 is 100, but I never considered that 33 is 99% of 33 1/3.

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