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 778.

J.B.312.

Certificate number 28 586.

Mesoamerican Number 28-56, miso-American ballgame. Here in the distant past it is winter which we still have in our time. That's right.

And we just passed through one of the odder

of our local rituals here.

If you ever tried to talk to this about any,

talk about this to anyone else in the country

that our kids, our public school kids get a full week off for

President's Day in Seattle.

Winter break, I call it.

Mid winter break.

Winter break.

Winter break.

Winter break, we still have around Christmas Christmas but then we get another week off here

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