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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/wind-turbine-three-blades</loc>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/dishwasher-cleans-without-scrubbing</loc>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-to-fold-a-boomerang-paper-airplane</loc>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-key-and-lock-work</loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/thermos-hot-and-cold</loc>
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      <video:publication_date>2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00</video:publication_date>
      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/why-a-golf-ball-has-dimples</loc>
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    <video:video>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains Why a Golf Ball Has Dimples</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/why-a-golf-ball-has-dimples/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
      <video:player_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/why-a-golf-ball-has-dimples</video:player_loc>
      <video:publication_date>2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00</video:publication_date>
      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-hydrofoil-lifts-a-boat</loc>
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    <video:video>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How a Hydrofoil Lifts a Boat</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-a-hydrofoil-lifts-a-boat/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
      <video:player_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-hydrofoil-lifts-a-boat</video:player_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-zipper-works</loc>
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    <video:video>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How a Zipper Works</video:title>
      <video:description>Hoopy breaks down how a zipper&apos;s hook-and-hollow teeth and Y-shaped slider interlock two fabric strips into one strong, reversible seam.</video:description>
      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-a-zipper-works/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:publication_date>2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00</video:publication_date>
      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-gfci-outlet-prevents-electric-shock</loc>
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    <video:video>
      <video:thumbnail_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-a-gfci-outlet-prevents-electric-shock/og.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-a-gfci-outlet-prevents-electric-shock/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
      <video:player_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-gfci-outlet-prevents-electric-shock</video:player_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-3d-printing-builds-a-part-layer-by-layer</loc>
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      <video:thumbnail_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-3d-printing-builds-a-part-layer-by-layer/og.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How 3D Printing Builds a Part Layer by Layer</video:title>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-planes-fly-the-four-forces</loc>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How Planes Fly: The Four Forces</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-planes-fly-the-four-forces/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
      <video:player_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-planes-fly-the-four-forces</video:player_loc>
      <video:publication_date>2026-07-11T00:00:00+00:00</video:publication_date>
      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-gps-finds-your-location</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-10</lastmod>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How GPS Finds Your Location</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-gps-finds-your-location/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
      <video:player_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-gps-finds-your-location</video:player_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-induction-cooktops-heat-a-pan</loc>
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    <video:video>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How Induction Cooktops Heat a Pan</video:title>
      <video:description>How can a cooktop boil water while the glass stays cool? Hoopy explains the hidden coil, the fast-flipping magnetic field, swirling eddy currents, and the magnet test.</video:description>
      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-induction-cooktops-heat-a-pan/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-popcorn-pops</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-09</lastmod>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How Popcorn Pops</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-popcorn-pops/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-sailboat-can-move-upwind</loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-heat-pump-heats-and-cools-home</loc>
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      <video:description>How does a heat pump warm your home from freezing outdoor air and cool it in summer? Hoopy walks the refrigerant loop, the reversing valve, and why it beats a heater.</video:description>
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      <video:publication_date>2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00</video:publication_date>
      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
    </video:video>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-recommendation-algorithm-works</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-06</lastmod>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains How a Recommendation Algorithm Picks Your Feed</video:title>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-a-recommendation-algorithm-works/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-an-air-fryer-works</loc>
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      <video:description>Hoopy explains how an air fryer works: it&apos;s a tiny convection oven — a top heating coil, a fast fan, a perforated basket and the Maillard reaction crisp food with almost no oil.</video:description>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/the-maillard-reaction</loc>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains the Maillard Reaction</video:title>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/what-is-loop-engineering</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-07-05</lastmod>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/why-teams-switch-to-open-ai-models</loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-does-sunscreen-work</loc>
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      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-does-sunscreen-work/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/why-a-soccer-ball-bends</loc>
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      <video:title>Hoopy Explains Why a Soccer Ball Bends</video:title>
      <video:description>How the Magnus effect makes a spinning soccer ball curve in flight: spin drags air, creating a pressure difference that bends the ball, plus why a no-spin knuckleball wobbles.</video:description>
      <video:content_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/why-a-soccer-ball-bends/short.mp4</video:content_loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
      <video:live>no</video:live>
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    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-offside-works</loc>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-an-llm-predicts-the-next-word</loc>
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      <video:thumbnail_loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/comics/how-an-llm-predicts-the-next-word/og.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
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      <video:description>How a large language model writes one word at a time — tokenizing text, weighing context with attention, scoring every word, sampling with temperature, then looping to build a sentence.</video:description>
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      <video:family_friendly>yes</video:family_friendly>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://hoopyexplains.com/c/how-a-touch-screen-works</loc>
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