We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

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 access.

access. You have accessed entry 2006 dot LV-2733

certificate number 48966. Change of Gage.

You, uh, you're fairly well traveled.

Wouldn't you say? I mean you and your family like to go on vacations.

Yes. Plus you're a great adventure who's pioneered many routes across the Gobi.

I did discover Victoria Falls in the 1890s.

I mean, discovered, obviously.

We all know the local tribes had called it loud water, majestic water or whatever.

You know it for many centuries.

But I was the one who was like, Majestic Water, that name sucks.

You know who is cool?

Queen Victoria. She wears black, she's not that into sex. As far as we know. She

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