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What if the sun suddenly went out?
- Published_at:2025-04-15
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What would happen to the Earth if the Sun suddenly switched off? is probably the single most popular...
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What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees?
- Published_at:2025-04-01
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What would the world be like if the land masses were spread out the same way as now, but rotated by...
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But what if we tried MORE power?
- Published_at:2024-12-03
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- description: Get a copy of the 10th Anniversary edition of What If? at: https://xkcd.com/what-if/ More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What if we tried a laser array with even MORE power? Credits ******* Randall Munroe |...
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What if everyone pointed a laser at the moon?
- Published_at:2024-11-05
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color? ...
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What if Earth grew 1cm every second?
- Published_at:2024-10-15
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ How long would it take for people to notice their weight gain if the mean radius of the world...
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What if a glass of water were LITERALLY half empty?
- Published_at:2024-09-24
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What if a glass of water was, all of a sudden, literally half empty? The pessimist is probably more...
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Could you survive a nanosecond on the Sun?
- Published_at:2024-09-03
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What would happen if you spent a nanosecond on the surface of the sun? Would it warm you up, burn you...
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What if we teleported the oceans to Mars?
- Published_at:2024-08-13
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ Suppose you did drain earth’s oceans and dumped the water on top of the Curiosity rover, how would...
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What if you tried to print Wikipedia?
- Published_at:2024-07-09
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ If you had a printed version of the whole of Wikipedia, how many printers would you need in order to...
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What if you drained the oceans?
- Published_at:2024-06-18
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ How quickly would the oceans drain if a circular portal 20 meters in diameter appeared at the bottom...
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If all humans died, when would the last light go out?
- Published_at:2024-05-28
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ If every human somehow simply disappeared from the face of the earth, how long would it be before the...
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What if you swam in a nuclear storage pool?
- Published_at:2024-04-02
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- description: Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ What if I took a swim in a typical spent nuclear fuel pool? Would I need to dive to actually...
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Would a Submarine Work as a Spaceship?
- Published_at:2024-03-05
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- description: How long could a nuclear submarine last in orbit? Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ Randall Munroe is the author of the New York Times...
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