We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry.

access entry. You have accessed entry 779. PR 2513, certificate number 42914. A Message to Garcia.

Where is the message?

Well, really, uh...

Really, uh... I'm sorry.

But it's anyway.

No, no, no.

A mensage par Garcia.

Or is it Garcia?

No, he's, uh, he's Cuban. Oh, it's the one thing I know about Spanish is sometimes the

sea is a thi because it's Castilian or in Spain yeah. My impression of Caribbean Spanish is that it's

often perceived in Europe as being a little bit, I mean lazy, I don't want to

perpetuate any kind of hemispheric stereotyping but you know they'll leave off final syllables it's a little more

my mush mouth it's probably the same thing European honestly it's probably the same thing

that England thinks about Americans it's probably the same thing that England thinks about Americans. It's generally true of all European countries in their colonials.

You get across the ocean, things just chill out a little bit.

The French are not interested in the Quebecois.

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