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FaviFake at 17:45, 21 March 2025

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FaviFake at 17:38, 21 March 2025

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FaviFake: /* Chapters */

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‎Chapters

FaviFake at 12:22, 15 February 2025

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FaviFake at 08:32, 23 August 2023

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FaviFake: /* See also */

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‎See also

FaviFake at 14:57, 24 July 2023

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FaviFake at 14:37, 24 July 2023

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FaviFake: /* Mentions */

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‎Mentions

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 Three days before the release, he partnered with science YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg minutephysics] to make a video titled: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xfzeD0ZK4 “How to Build a Lava Moat (with xkcd)”] that featured an excerpt from the chapter “How to Build a Lava Moat”.
-Ten days after the release, {{w|Time (magazine)}} wrote an article featuring excerpts from the chapter “How to Produce Energy” titled “[https://time.com/5669085/xkcd-randall-munroe-producing-energy/ This Comic Creator Hopes His Terrible Ideas for Producing Energy Will Inspire You to Think of Better Ones]”
+Ten days after the release, {{w|Time (magazine)|Time magazine}} wrote an article featuring excerpts from the chapter “How to Produce Energy” titled “[https://time.com/5669085/xkcd-randall-munroe-producing-energy/ This Comic Creator Hopes His Terrible Ideas for Producing Energy Will Inspire You to Think of Better Ones]”
 The book has its very own page on Wikipedia: "{{w|How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems}}"

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	{{Quote\|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.\|[[Randall Munroe]]\|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}		{{Quote\|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.\|[[Randall Munroe]]\|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}

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	{{Quote\|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.\|[[Randall Munroe]]\|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}		{{Quote\|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.\|[[Randall Munroe]]\|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}

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 [[File:HowTo3.png|200px|right]]
 [[File:HowTo4.png|200px|right]]
-:''[https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/02/how-to-chapter-list-and-introduction/ Introduction]''
+::[https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/02/how-to-chapter-list-and-introduction/ Introduction]
-* [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Jump Really High]
+# [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Jump Really High]
-* [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Throw a Pool Party]
+# [https://www.amazon.com/How-Absurd-Scientific-Real-World-Problems/dp/0525537090/#reader_0525537090 How to Throw a Pool Party]
-* How to Dig a Hole
+# How to Dig a Hole
-* How to Play the Piano
+# How to Play the Piano
-* How to Make an Emergency Landing
+# How to Make an Emergency Landing
-* How to Cross a River
+# How to Cross a River
-* How to Move
+# How to Move
-* How to Keep Your House from Moving
+# How to Keep Your House from Moving
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xfzeD0ZK4 How to Build a Lava Moat]
+# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xfzeD0ZK4 How to Build a Lava Moat]
-* How to Throw Things
+# How to Throw Things
-* How to Play Football
+# How to Play Football
-* [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html How to Predict the Weather]
+# [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html How to Predict the Weather]
-* How to Play Tag
+# How to Play Tag
-* How to Ski
+# How to Ski
-* How to Mail a Package
+# How to Mail a Package
-* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1tcyEo2tQk How to Power Your House (on Earth)]
+# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1tcyEo2tQk How to Power Your House (on Earth)]
-* How to Power Your House (on Mars)
+# How to Power Your House (on Mars)
-* How to Make Friends
+# How to Make Friends
-* [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ How to Send a File]
+# [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ How to Send a File]
-* How to Charge Your Phone
+# How to Charge Your Phone
-* How to Take a Selfie
+# How to Take a Selfie
-* [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/16/serena-versus-the-drones/ How to Catch a Drone]
+# [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/16/serena-versus-the-drones/ How to Catch a Drone]
-* How to Tell If You're a Nineties Kid
+# How to Tell If You're a Nineties Kid
-* How to Win an Election
+# How to Win an Election
-* How to Decorate a Tree
+# How to Decorate a Tree
-* How to Get Somewhere Fast
+# How to Get Somewhere Fast
-* How to Be On Time
+# How to Be On Time
-* How to Dispose of This Book
+# How to Dispose of This Book
 ===Mini-chapters===
 These only have a short comic strip instead of a detailed explanation.
-* How to Listen to Music
+# How to Listen to Music
-* How to Chase a Tornado
+# How to Chase a Tornado
-* How to Go Places
+# How to Go Places
-* How to Blow out Birthday Candles
+# How to Blow out Birthday Candles
-* How to Walk a Dog
+# How to Walk a Dog
-* How to Build a Highway
+# How to Build a Highway
-* How to Change a Light Bulb
+# How to Change a Light Bulb
 ==External links==

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 Also a month before the release, he wrote an article in the {{w|New York Times}} promoting his book which featured excerpts from the chapter “How to Predict the Weather” titled “[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]”.
-Three weeks before the release, he made a permanent comic and [[blag]] entry about a chapter in the book with [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]].
+Three weeks before the release, he made a permanent comic and [[Blag]] entry about a chapter in the book with [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]].
-One week before the release, he made another permanent comic and [[blag]] entry about a chapter in the book with [[2194: How to Send a File]].
+One week before the release, he made another permanent comic and [[Blag]] entry about a chapter in the book with [[2194: How to Send a File]].
 Three days before the release, he partnered with science YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHW94eEFW7hkUMVaZz4eDg minutephysics] to make a video titled: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xfzeD0ZK4 “How to Build a Lava Moat (with xkcd)”] that featured an excerpt from the chapter “How to Build a Lava Moat”.

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-{{xkcdmeta}}{{Quote|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}
+{{Quote|For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. ''How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems'' is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's the world's least useful self-help book.|[[Randall Munroe]]|[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ Source]}}
 [[File:HowTo.jpg|260px|right|thumb|The original cover of the book.]]
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 *[https://xkcd.com/how-to/ How to]
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_To:_Absurd_Scientific_Advice_for_Common_Real-World_Problems This page at Wikipedia]
 [[Category:How To| 1]]
 [[Category:Books]]

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	[[File:HowTo.jpg\|260px\|right\|thumb\|The original cover of the book.]]		[[File:HowTo.jpg\|260px\|right\|thumb\|The original cover of the book.]]

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 * ''[[What If? 2]]''
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