Today is Saturday, November 7. In 1913, French novelist Albert Camus was born. In 1916, Jean Rankin became the first US Congresswoman. And in 2009, airport security checks continue confiscate containers of water to prevent the off chance that a passenger will find a way to make water bottles explode.

Click to enlarge. Attribution: xkcd.¹

Sometimes, offering too much information in order to help nudge "the inane" a little further into the realm of "the relevant" can really gum up the works.

This is an Open Thread.

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1.   From the XKCD site:

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