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 to entry 1446, EZ 2734, certificate number 2764, the wreck of the Titan.

I'm sorry, but that didn't build your stronger ship in Rome.

Now we've recorded... built a stronger ship, young Ross.

Now we've recorded 250 plus entries in our,

this monumental reference work, John.

But this is the first time we've ever recorded

one in International Waters.

So...

That's right, although...

Although our secret bunker in Seattle is far enough down that it's outside of U.S.

It has extraterritorial status.

You guys know, the U.S. only goes down 500 feet.

Yeah.

We should do an entry on that.

We're a very shallow country. So this is our big chance to talk about the Crystal Caverns or the alien autopsies or the

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