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xkcd #2872: Hydrothermal Vents (imgs.xkcd.com)
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https://xkcd.com/2872/

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Benthic Santas weren't even discovered until the 1970s, but many scientists now believe Christmas may have originally developed around hydrothermal vents and only later migrated to the surface.

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

https://explainxkcd.com/2872/

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Thank you. This made no sense to me at first.

[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

xkcd's comics will be the next summerian bar jokes a couple thousand years from now.

I mean, take away the context of what santa claus is and this would be incomprehensible.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is little to no evidence that actual humans live down deep in the sea

Little to no evidence? I'd love to see the little evidence for benthic humans