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Some New
Science Mnemonics
Panel One:
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Order of Operations
Parentheses, Exponents, Division & Multiplication, Addition & Subtraction
Traditional: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
Drawing of a stick figure pointing at an open laptop on a desk, saying “Right there.” while a pony-tailed stick figure struggles with a dripping shark.
Caption Under Drawing
Please Email My Dad A Shark
0r
People Expect More Drugs And Sex
Panel Two:
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SI Prefixes
Kilo, Mega, Giga Tera, Peta, Exa, Zetta, Yotta (this last is in gray)
Milli, Micro, Nano, Pico, Femto, Atto, Zepto, Yocto (this last is in gray)
Traditional:[I never learned one]
Drawing of a line graph with a dollar sign labeling the Y axis and a Zune on top of a downward plunging arrow hovering over a landscape with eleven tethered zeppelins, an offscreen voice saying, “er, what do we do with them?” and Karl Marx in the foreground crying, “Rise!”
Caption Below
Big: Karl Marx Gave The Proletariat Eleven Zeppenlins, Yo (this last is in gray)
Small: Microsoft Made No Profit From Anyone’s Zuens, Yo (this last is in gray)
Panel Three:
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Taxonomy
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Traditional: King Philip Came Over For Good Sex
Drawing of a stick figure with long, royal hair, saying “I’m not sure who doubts this, really.
Caption Below
Katy Perry Claims Orgasms Feel Good Somtimes
or
Kernel Panics Crash Our Family Game System
Panel Four:
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Geologic Periods
(Precambrian) Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene
Traditional: [I never learned one]
Drawing of a chart with four rows and seven columns of circles. A line across the chart separates the bottom row from the rest.
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Does Cause Problems That Judicious Contraceptives Partially Negate
Panel Five:
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Resistor Color Codes
Black Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White
Traditional: [None I care for]
Drawing of a stick figure with a buzz cut, holding a picket sign that reads “Nanobot Vaccine Chemtrail* 9/11″
*(BG note–we think that’s what it says)
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“Big Brother Reptilian Overlords,” Yelled Glenn, “Brainwashing Via Ground Water!!”
or
Be Bold, Respect Others; You’ll Gradually Become Versatile, Great Wikipedians!
Panel Six:
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Planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
Traditional: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos
Drawing of stick figure wearing Mary robes with a baby bump, talking to a bearded stick figure who is saying, “Uh huh.”
Caption Below
Mary’s “Virgin” Explanation Made Joseph Suspect Upstairs Neighbor
Hover text: “Sailor Moon’s head exploded once”; and “Some men have explosive orgasms” both work for the Great Lakes from west to east (Paddle-to-the-Sea order).
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).
Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget under the Creative Commons license.
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