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 453.E.X. 1524, certificate number 25939. Fanta.

Fanta!

I think we've talked.

I think we've talked about it on the show

I think we've talked about it on the show before but just in case futurelings don't know

You love Fanta you do love Fanta, but you love Diet Dr Pepper. Very much so. You drink a Diet Dr

Pepper if I have one for you every time you come. Today I brought my own so I didn't know if you

guys were running low. We were at the grocery and now it's on the regular shopping list.

Get Ken some Diet Dr Pepper.

There was a...

It depends me because my preferred soda pop is never on the list which is

venter venter ginger ale it's gonna be some old-timey thing that was invented by a pharmacist. No, I only drink the Irish pop urn brew. There was a time early in the

pandemic when Diet Dr Pepper was just unfindable in America because it was so gross that they...

People...

They made you get COVID?

No, if you lose your sense of smell and taste, you should love Dr. Pepper.

No, everyone loves the complex 23 flavors of a delicious can of Dr. Pepper.

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