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“[W]ith world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands.”
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
― What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
“The pearlfish swims up a sea cucumber's anus, makes itslef comfortable, and eats its host's gonads.”
― The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
― The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar: Evolution's Most Unbelievable Solutions to Life's Biggest Problems
“The thing about finishing a story is that finishing is really only the beginning.”
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“Tortoises are not very fast, as everyone knows, but they make up for their slow speed by being very determined. And if you turn your back on a tortoise, thinking they will just hang around like a lazy cat, you are in for a surprise.”
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“To make Harry Potter invisible, one would have to liquefy him, boil him to create steam, crystallize him, heat him again, and the cool him, all of which would be quite difficult to accomplish, even for a wizard”
― Physics of the Impossible
― Physics of the Impossible
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