Comment on xkcd #2865: The Wrong Stuff
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 year agoTrojan Horse - A mythological, giant wooden horse, supposedly used by the Greeks to invade the city of Troy. Actual horses are composed, like any other animal, out of meat, bone, and other tissues and bodily fluids.[citation needed] In addition, the interior of the Trojan Horse was composed of Greek warriors rather than horse innards.
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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I love the variety of places explainxkcd editors find to slip in a “citation needed”.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
You can find those in the what if series too.
“Outer space is a lot higher up than Niagara Falls,[citation needed] so the plunge down into the atmosphere at the bottom of Earth’s gravity well adds a lot more than 0.1 degrees worth of heat.”
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