We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

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 1121.

A.C2718

certificate number 3663640. Certificate number 3660.

Sea-wise Giant.

Building of this spectacular super ship,

longest and largest man-made creation on the sea, also recalled the building

over 2,000 years ago of the Great Wall of China, longest and largest man-made creation

on the land, two wonders of the old and the new worlds.

At the start of this year you and I had the opportunity to go out to see together on the Jonathan Colton cruise.

It's really the smartest thing to do right at the beginning of a global pandemic is to get on a cruise ship.

It's still remains one of the more astonishing things about this year that on March 10th, you and I got off of a ship,

went through a Florida airport, and made it back to Seattle and apparently neither of us

contracted coronavirus in the process.

We were sure hand sanitizing every surface on that plane.

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