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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

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[โ€“] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first one was also used in the short series "11.22.63". Going back to change things results in huge amounts of temporal inertia to overcome.

[โ€“] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Which was originally a Stephen King novel.