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The Mercator Projection: Or How Humans Accidentally Made Greenland Look Important

The Mercator Projection: Or How Humans Accidentally Made Greenland Look Important

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Jan
Greenland: The Galaxy’s Most Ironically Named Real Estate Disaster

Greenland: The Galaxy’s Most Ironically Named Real Estate Disaster

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Jan

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What is an Algorithm?

What is an Algorithm?

Santa Claus: The Jolliest Cover-Up in the Known Universe

Santa Claus: The Jolliest Cover-Up in th...

What is Social Media?

What is Social Media?

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christmas

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christma...

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The Mercator Projection: Or How Humans Accidentally Made Greenland Look Important
History

The Mercator Projection: Or How Humans Accidentally Made Greenland Look Important

Ford Prefect
161
January 19, 2026January 19, 2026
mapsMercator Projection

The Mercator Projection is a cartographic technique developed in 1569 by Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator, who was attempting to solve the...

Greenland: The Galaxy’s Most Ironically Named Real Estate Disaster
Places

Greenland: The Galaxy’s Most Ironically Named Real Estate Disaster

Ford Prefect
115
January 18, 2026January 18, 2026
Greenland

Greenland (not to be confused with Iceland, which is green, or with any planet that makes logical sense) is an enormous frozen landmass on Earth...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New Year’s Eve
Earth Stuff

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to New Year’s Eve

Ford Prefect
246
December 30, 2025January 18, 2026
holidaysNew Year's Eve

New Year's Eve on Earth is a peculiar temporal celebration where humans collectively decide that one arbitrary point in their planet's orbit around...

Bill Clinton Explained: Sex, Power, Scandal, and Why He’s Back in the News
Humans

Bill Clinton Explained: Sex, Power, Scandal, and Why He’s Back in the News

Ford Prefect
310
December 20, 2025December 20, 2025
Bill Clinton

Guide Rating:Mostly Harmless, Frequently Confusing, Frequently Explained Later Bill Clinton is a human political phenomenon from the North...

Elf on a Shelf: The Festive Staring Contest Nobody Agreed To
Earth Stuff

Elf on a Shelf: The Festive Staring Contest Nobody Agreed To

Grabinia Claus
304
December 19, 2025December 30, 2025
ChristmasElf on a Shelf

The Elf on a Shelf is a seasonal domestic operative deployed into Earth homes every December to sit quietly, judge loudly, and slowly dismantle...

Santa Claus: The Jolliest Cover-Up in the Known Universe
Lifeforms

Santa Claus: The Jolliest Cover-Up in the Known Universe

Grabinia Claus
283
December 18, 2025December 30, 2025
ChristmasSanta Claus

Entry submitted to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Earth, with mild concern and several cookies. Santa Claus is widely believed by Earthlings to be a...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christmas
Earth Stuff

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Christmas

Grabinia Claus
216
December 18, 2025December 30, 2025
Christmas

Christmas is a recurring Earth ritual observed primarily by humans who have collectively agreed to spend one month insisting they are “not doing...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cyber Monday
Earth Stuff

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cyber Monday

Ford Prefect
112
December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Cyber MondayThanksgiving

Cyber Monday is a curious Earth tradition that occurs annually on the first Monday following the American festival of "Thanksgiving." The event...

What is Black Friday and is it Still a Big Deal?
Earth Stuff

What is Black Friday and is it Still a Big Deal?

Ford Prefect
121
November 27, 2025November 27, 2025
Black Fridayeconomics

Black Friday is a term that, in most civilized sectors of the galaxy, would denote a catastrophic event involving a collapsed star, a plague of...

The Supreme Court of the United States: Nine Robed Mammals Decide What Other Mammals Can Do
Government

The Supreme Court of the United States: Nine Robed Mammals Decide What Other Mammals Can Do

Ford Prefect
161
November 17, 2025November 17, 2025
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in a political system that American humans insist is the "greatest democracy in...

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