Mars Can't Play Sports To Save Its Rotation

Now listen, Mars: I'm not saying you should fake a disability so you can compete against Pluto in the Special Olympics, but you should. You definitely should.

Mars in the Olympics [lettherebeblogs]

Thanks to Julie M., who deserves the gold in Geekologie Tipping (I'm just saying that to be nice, I think this is her first one).

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