{"id":11002,"date":"2022-09-13T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2022-09-13T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T15:34:02","slug":"spymaster-2-2-3-5-3-2-6-2-2-4-4-6-4-6-2-5-2-4-4-2-2-2-10-2-4-2-2-2-2-5-2-3-3-3-2-6-3-2-2-3-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-5-3-3-3-8-4-2-2-3-2-4-7-6-5-5-2-2-4-2-3-2-4-4-2-6-4-6-5-4-5-2-4-5-3-6-5-2-2-2-5-2-5-3-6-3-2-253","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=11002","title":{"rendered":"What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h3>by Randall Munroe<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11003 \" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem; margin-right: 1.71429rem; margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9780525537113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"145\" 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