Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for July 19, 2015

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 9 years ago

    Even in summer vacation, you learn something. (“Was Isaac Newton also famous for those fig-flavored cookies,” Alice and Dil ask.)

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    Linux0s  over 9 years ago

    And so it begins…

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    Sisyphos  over 9 years ago

    Yes, Newton loved his mathematical universe.And I, too, will try to remember drivelalia factosis, Dill and Alice, ’cause I also have got a lot of useless information in my brain….

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Atta boy, Dill. The drivelalia factosis is strong in this one.

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    Pithy (yeah, right)  over 9 years ago

    Actually, a prism spreads out all of the colors in the light that enters it, bending each one differently according to its frequency. Pure white light contains a complete (and continuous) range of the visible colors, so the resulting array will also be continuous. Our brain, however, tends to see the array as consisting of certain distinct colors (each actually consisting of a range of colors).

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    GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I want to remember that, but I probably won’t.

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    cgrantt57 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Damn…I’ve got that! I think I inherited it from my father.

    It’s gotta be genetic, right?

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    TrixieinDixie Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Ugh, I have this problem. But surely people want to know these fascinating things that I have stored in my brain? Right?? Hmm. Perhaps not…

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    IQTech61  over 9 years ago

    Drivelalia Factosis – an idea made up by people living with Idioticus Absolutum. In acute cases, Idioticus Absolutum can cause Cranio-Rectal Inversion.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Thats me!A vast storehouse of useless information.

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    Peam Premium Member over 9 years ago

    I can remember “drivelalia factosis” (from which I suffer), but couldn’t place it in this particular strip, which first appeared July 18, 2010. Have I really been reading Cul de Sac on a regular basis that long?

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    Saucy1121 Premium Member over 9 years ago

    So, that’s what’s wrong with me!

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    Arianne  over 9 years ago

    In later years, when the buildup of useless information gets too great, drivelalia factosis may also be accompanied by brain farts.

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    Goblinopolis  over 9 years ago

    My ex-girlfriend called it “Male Answer Syndrome,” although that was actually the tendency of men to make up some semi-plausible sounding answer when they don’t know the real one. It certainly prepares one for a life in politics, however.

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