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| title = Airplane Message | | title = Airplane Message | ||
| image = airplane_message.png | | image = airplane_message.png | ||
| − | | titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE | + | | titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE 3200s BC, IS THE FIRST HUMAN WHOSE NAME WE KNOW. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | Large banners are sometimes flown behind airplanes to advertise a product or event to a large number of people. Here | + | Large banners are sometimes flown behind airplanes to advertise a product or event to a large number of people. Here [[Randall]] suggests replacing the add with some interesting facts. This one would let people, who see the banner, learn something new and interesting views of the world, rather than trying to sell them something. Here he presents two possible facts: {{w|Adriamycin}}, a cancer therapy, and {{w|Iry-Hor}}, the oldest human we do know by name. |
| − | The {{w|chemotherapy}} drug {{w|doxorubicin}}, trade name Adriamycin, is based on a strain of the bacterium ''{{w|Streptomyces peucetius}}'' | + | The {{w|chemotherapy}} drug {{w|doxorubicin}}, trade name Adriamycin, is based on a strain of the bacterium ''{{w|Streptomyces peucetius}}'' first isolated from a soil sample taken at {{w|Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte}} in {{w|Andria}}, Italy. |
| − | As mentioned at the title text Iry-Hor was an ancient, {{w|Dynasty 0|predynastic}} pharaoh of ancient Egypt — no | + | As mentioned at the title text Iry-Hor was an ancient, {{w|Dynasty 0|predynastic}} pharaoh of the ancient Egypt — no former Egypt documents do exist today. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | : | + | :There is a plane with a banner behind |
:Banner: Adriamycin, one of our most potent chemotherapy drugs, comes from the dirt from an Italian castle. | :Banner: Adriamycin, one of our most potent chemotherapy drugs, comes from the dirt from an Italian castle. | ||
| − | : | + | :My hobby: Breaking into airplane hangars and replacing the ads on their giant banners with cool facts. |
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| − | :Breaking into airplane hangars and replacing the ads on their giant banners with cool facts. | + | ==Trivia== |
| + | *This comic is another in the string of the [[Category:My Hobby]] comics. | ||
| + | *This is one of several comics dealing with cancer and its treatment. [[Randall]]'s fiancée (now his wife) [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ was diagnosed] with Stage III breast cancer in October of 2010, and it has been a [[:Category:Cancer|recurring topic]] ever since. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:My Hobby]] | [[Category:My Hobby]] | ||
[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
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