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 0599.

Z.C. 0603, certificate number 36454, the Appaloosa.

Appaloosa!

Appaloosa! Hapalusa!

Is that a song?

No, I was imitating the Pixie song.

And oh, and I am

un Horse, Apa Lusa.

I was thinking of the Victoria Williams song about Apa Lucius,

which is an unrelated town in Louisiana. of the Appalachian, a northwest name or a corruption of a northwest name,

as we'll see in a minute.

And by northwest, I mean here,

in the northwestern United States.

It was a native word?

The Pacific Northwest. Before we

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