1519: Venus

2015-05-01T07:45:30Z

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{{comic
| number = 1519
| date = May 1, 2015
| title = Venus
| image = venus.png
| titletext = The sudden introduction of Venusian flowers led to an explosive growth of unusual Earth pollinators, which became known as the "butterfly effect."
}}

==Explanation==
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[[Miss Lenhart]] is teaching a class blatantly wrong facts about Venus. In the last panel, the verisimilitude of these facts is challenged by one of her students.

In the second panel, "runaway greenhouse effect" is a pun, referring to the greenhouses, which are leaving the planet (running away).

==Transcript==
:[Miss Lenhart is standing in front of an image, presumably a temperate Venus, with greenhouses, grass, flowers and a river flowing into a sea.]
:Miss Lenhart: Venus once was temperate. It had seas and rivers, and Venusians cultivated vast fields of beautiful flowers.

:[The image is now zoomed out to see the entirety of Venus, with continents and oceans. The greenhouses are shown moving (running) away from Venus.]
:Miss Lenhart: Until their greenhouses fled the planet due to the runaway greenhouse effect.

:[Miss Lenhart is now standing in front of a classroom and addressing the students.]
:Miss Lenhart: The Venusians pursued their greenhouses to Earth, settling in the Netherlands and kickstarting the Dutch floral industry. Any questions?

:Offscreen: Because you're retiring in a month, do you just not care what you say anymore?
:Miss Lenhart: What?! I '''ride the skies''' atop a screaming bird of truth! Also, yes, I do not.

{{comic discussion}}

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1519: Venus