Every Capital
A trivia buff fails on Nigeria's capital, then switches to boasting about knowing every capital on Mars (vacuously true: there are none).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-12-28-every-capital/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I can name the capital of every country on Earth!" B: "Okay. Nigeria." A: "Easy! Lagos!" B: "Nope. Biggest city, yes. But Abuja's the capital."
[Pause]
A: "I can name the capital of every country on Mars!" B: "I am awed in exact proportion to your achievement."
