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Three-panel comic. A bespectacled man is grabbed by a fanged vampire in a cape in a castle hall, and says, "The moon has no light of its own. It reflects the sunlight." The vampire looks stunned as the moon glows in the window. In the last panel only the man remains, with the vampire's cape and clothes in a pile of dust. Caption: "SCIENCE SAVES LIVES." Signed Perscheid.

Science Class Saves Man From Vampire

A man fends off a vampire by pointing out that moonlight is just reflected sunlight, turning him to dust. A science class joke that fits any Xennial who paid attention.

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Three-panel comic. A bespectacled man is grabbed by a fanged vampire in a cape in a castle hall, and says, "The moon has no light of its own. It reflects the sunlight." The vampire looks stunned as the moon glows in the window. In the last panel only the man remains, with the vampire's cape and clothes in a pile of dust. Caption: "SCIENCE SAVES LIVES." Signed Perscheid.

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