https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=B49ea902-1b72-4b01-9510-612d33f9ee1dexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-01T05:02:18ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1713:_50_ccs&diff=1243421713: 50 ccs2016-07-29T05:42:20Z<p>B49ea902-1b72-4b01-9510-612d33f9ee1d: /* Explanation */ Initial explanation</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1713<br />
| date = July 29, 2016<br />
| title = 50 ccs<br />
| image = 50_ccs.png<br />
| titletext = There's been a raccoon accident at an accordion bacchanalia! Double doses!<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Randall is making a joke about the use of "cc" in some fields, such as medicine, to refer to "cubic centimeter". In the SI system, "cubic centimeter" should be written cm³. 1 cm³ is equal to 1 mL (milliliter).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[A woman in a doctor's coat, presumably a doctor stands between Cueball and Megan, reading from a clipboard.]<br />
:Doctor: Nurse, bring me 50 CCs!<br />
:Doctor: I need to write "hiccup vaccine" 25 times!<br />
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