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 104.

H.E.1302, certificate number 53093, the Battle of Bamber Bridge

Come on oh wait before we go in let me tell you a little about an English pub.

Do you enjoy...

And I have never asked a question already so sure of the answer.

Do you enjoy watching World War II training films?

Yes.

All right, no further questions.

Yes, I do.

It reminds me in my childhood watching Armed Forces commercials on the Armed Forces

Network, radio and television service.

Where they would strip, they would strip the commercials out of all the US shows we got but

replace them with PDAs about you know everything from you should not have

unprotected sex or rape anyone. Like literally there would be ads like,

hey Okinawa, let's not rape prostitutes and you'd be like, oh boy, like what's going on?

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