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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.

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We did our second SantaCon this year. I’m thinking Benthic Santa for next year. What is SantaCon, you ask? https://www.santacon.info/