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xkcd #3135: Sea Level

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They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3135/

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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Tide comes in, time goes out - you can't explain that!"

[–] Tja@programming.dev 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's some next level transformation, tide becomes time.

[–] Aimeeloulm@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago

Soon scientists will discover dark tides and dark time, this could explain how tides go out and time seems to slow down or go backwards /s

Maybe one day dark light will be discovered which would help explain shadows and darkness at night or dark places /s