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Pearl Harbor jokes, cursed Pikachu, and half-asleep brains

Mark Frauenfelder
Mar 20, 2026
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Happy Thursday! Today’s highlights: Trump made a Pearl Harbor crack to Japan’s prime minister and somehow thought it was clever, the Navy is investigating whether exhausted sailors torched a $13 billion aircraft carrier to end their deployment, and cursed bootleg Pikachu rides are making the rounds online. Plus, scientists explai…

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