According to the actual article the samples acquired and packed before takeoff, and tested after landing. Having them extracted during parabolic maneuver... is due to another (Ig Nobel candidate) research.

https://screenrant.com/10-most-confusing-far-side-comics-gary-larson/

What should be a plain silhouette of a rhinoceros in the moonlight instead appears as a hodgepodge of animal parts strewn together at odd angles. The upper-crust suggestion of the rhinoceros being “in repose” treats it as if it is a high-class work of impressionist modern art. The fact that it looks like it was drawn by a child adds to the ultimate humor of the strip.

*sigh*

For the actual documents (in Greek), see these links:

https://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/1561483/eisvoli-stin-kupro-i-eup-apoharaktirise-aporrita-eggrafa-tis-kup-gia-ta-tragika-gegonota-tou-1974/

https://en.protothema.gr/2024/11/14/classified-kyp-documents-the-coup-against-makarios-and-the-tragic-handling-up-to-attila-ii/

"we have ~~cats~~ cuts at home"

What? Never heard of South Africa?

Never heard of it so I had to look

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/eighty-six-meaning-origin

Eighty-six is slang meaning "to throw out," "to get rid of," or "to refuse service to." It comes from 1930s soda-counter slang meaning that an item was sold out. There is varying anecdotal evidence about why the term eighty-six was used, but the most common theory is that it is rhyming slang for nix.

Groan Tube!!

"Recruit and retain a diverse workforce" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-020-0214-z

CIA killed him because he gave false details in his profile

Why they didn't use Saline which is safe and hardly controlled instead of... tap water?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice

Hair ice, also known as ice wool or frost beard, is a type of ice that forms on dead wood and takes the shape of fine, silky hair