Omnibus is a production of I Heart Radio.

We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick.

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.

You have accessed entry 141.ps14107.

We get number 24269.

The fossil reptiles were on earth in rapid succession.

Macrodontofion in 1834.

Thichadontosaurus and Paleosaurus in 1836.

Platiusaurus in 1837.

With each new discovery, can the growing suspicion that the bones represented a whole group of reptiles that had since vanished from the earth?

It's crazy when you think about it that dinosaurs ruled the world for 100 million years.

Did they rule the world or did they roam the earth?

I hear both things.

So I think it's undeniable they roamed the earth.

Not the whole earth.

They would roam over small portions.

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