https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&feed=atom&action=historyTalk:123: Centrifugal Force - Revision history2024-03-29T08:29:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=333724&oldid=prevKazvorpal at 18:42, 29 January 20242024-01-29T18:42:45Z<p></p>
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</table>Kazvorpalhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=198217&oldid=prevIggynelix at 12:09, 30 September 20202020-09-30T12:09:52Z<p></p>
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</table>Iggynelixhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=198216&oldid=prevIggynelix: Comment rxn2020-09-30T12:09:03Z<p>Comment rxn</p>
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</table>Iggynelixhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=198215&oldid=prevIggynelix: Typo2020-09-30T12:04:01Z<p>Typo</p>
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</table>Kazvorpalhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=159715&oldid=prev141.101.77.20 at 12:14, 6 July 20182018-07-06T12:14:10Z<p></p>
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</table>141.101.77.20https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=158809&oldid=prev172.68.142.89 at 21:14, 14 June 20182018-06-14T21:14:32Z<p></p>
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</table>172.68.142.89https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=155735&oldid=prevDgbrt: No need for a new section.2018-04-12T12:26:47Z<p>No need for a new section.</p>
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</table>Dgbrthttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:123:_Centrifugal_Force&diff=155722&oldid=prev108.162.238.11: /* "The surface of the Earth approximates an inertial frame." */ new section2018-04-12T00:56:32Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">"The surface of the Earth approximates an inertial frame.": </span> new section</span></p>
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