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60 seconds with the 14th century. And go!

Hi, John Green here from the distant future. I know these may be weird, but they help me to see better.

The plague is spread by rats. You should try to kill them.

Also, the plague itself is like a little miniature animal. It gets inside of your body and it pones you.

I know this sounds crazy, but if you eat the right amount of the fungus penicillium,

you can kill the plague inside of you.

Generally, to prevent the spread of these invisible monsters, you want to wash your hands and

body a lot with water and soap. Also, heaches don't work.

New subject, science. The earth is round. The sun is at the center of the solar system.

The speed of light is invariant. The moon is not made of cheese. It's made of rock.

It turns out the question of how many angels you can fit on the head of a pin

isn't very interesting. And if you put a cat inside of a box with poison and you close the box,

the cat is both alive and dead until such a time as you open the box.

Next, the future course of history. If you don't live in Europe, or indeed if you don't know

what the word Europe means, you're about to be in big trouble. Listen closely,

peoples of non-Europe. If you see a dude who looks like me, kill him.

DFTBA, people of the 14th century.

Well, if there was anything that was not included in that very quick rundown,

I'm very sure that it will be included in John Hodgman's new book, more information,

than you require. You probably know John Hodgman well from his previous book, The Heirs of

Maxpertise, and also his work on television and radio. We're very happy to have him here on

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