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Bode's Law (Entry 138.JB2212)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In which amateur algebra experts figure out where the planets in the solar system should be, and are (briefly) proven right, and Ken gets his hair cut by a ghost. Certificate #36737.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:07.0

We are receiving this message.

0:11.0

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.

0:21.0

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

0:25.5

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

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

0:35.0

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

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the

0:46.4

omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry.

1:04.7

access entry. You have accessed entry 138.

1:15.0

28.J. 2212.

1:19.2

Certificate number 36737. Bodes Law

1:25.0

A solar eclipse.

1:27.0

A solar eclipse.

1:28.0

The Cosmic ballet goes on.

1:31.0

Does anyone want to switch seats?

1:35.0

Now we don't know what kind of reception there will be in the distant future

1:40.0

when these entries are uncovered?

1:43.0

We presume that it's going to sound like,

1:45.0

beep beep beep beep beep because that's what our intro sounds like.

1:49.0

Oh, you think that's the sound of people listening to the show?

1:52.0

That's their little voices being like,

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