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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

I'm a people.

Citation needed

[-] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I don't have an exact reference for you, but it sounds like a quote from Hawkeye (Alan Alda) from MASH.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Haha I wasn't looking for a quote, I was just making the "citation needed" joke that XKCD throws into a lot of stuff.

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