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 060.S.O203, certificate number 3692.

Johnny Appleseed.

Well, sir, every time I see an apple blossom sky, I think a Johnny Appleseed.

Of course, of course, them clouds up there,

they ain't really clouds at all.

No, sir.

By shucks, there wouldn't be no Appleblossom sky

if it weren't for the fact that Johnny...

But now, hold on here. sky but

weren't for the fact that Johnny now hold on here.

Guess I better start back to the beginning.

I don't even know about

juveniles in the far future, but do kids today even get all the time in elementary school

we had to spend on tall tales and American folk heroes?

Do you remember how like a half of elementary school is tall tails a genre that really doesn't exist?

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