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The entire world: *uses logical, standardized metric measurements* America: "This asteroid is approximately 18 walruses long!" Only in the US would we measure cosmic objects using marine mammals instead of kilometers! The stubborn refusal to join the metric system has created this beautiful chaos where NASA—yes, the rocket scientists—are quoted using "walruses" as a unit of measurement. Next up: black holes measured in washing machines and solar flares in football fields!

Imagine writing code in the 70s, never expecting it would still be running 50+ years later on a spacecraft that's literally left the solar system. Those NASA engineers are celebrating because their documentation was so good they could decipher their own ancient hieroglyphics. Meanwhile, I can't understand code I wrote last week without comments. The ultimate legacy code maintenance success story—turns out commenting your code might actually be useful when your project is hurtling through interstellar space at 38,000 mph.

The ultimate scientific sacrifice play! Top panel shows a lab technician risking berylliosis (a nasty lung disease caused by beryllium dust inhalation) just to watch a metal ball oscillate at kilohertz frequencies. Meanwhile, bottom panel features James Webb Space Telescope engineer Michael Menzel who used beryllium for the telescope's mirrors—potentially exposing the team to the same health risks, but for arguably more noble reasons: creating humanity's most powerful eye into the cosmos. The perfect encapsulation of risk assessment in science—is your experiment worth potential lung damage? For JWST, history will say yes. For watching a bouncy ball? Maybe reconsider your experimental priorities!

The high school cafeteria of my dreams! This is basically what happens when science nerds take over the cool kids' table. Each numbered table represents different science YouTube channels grouped by their vibes. Table 1 has NileRed and chemistry gang, Table 2 is where the math nerds like Numberphile hang out, Table 3 is for the quick physics explainers, Table 4 is where the DIY science crowd makes things explode, Table 5 has the space and astronomy buffs, and Table 6 is where the quantum physics geniuses discuss parallel universes over lunch. The real question isn't which table you'd sit at, but whether you'd have the courage to approach Table 2 and ask π if it wants to be rational for once. Spoiler alert: it doesn't.

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The search results for "astrophysics" reveal the wild conspiracy theory rabbit hole that exists in some corners of the internet! Someone actually searched "Is astrophysics haram?" and "Does NASA accept astrophysicists?" in the same breath. For the record, NASA employs hundreds of astrophysicists, and studying the cosmos is definitely a real job (and not forbidden by any major religion). The universe doesn't care about your search history, but these questions sure make stellar material for facepalms among actual scientists who are busy calculating black hole entropy instead of defending their career choices!