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 107 dot E.X 2512, certificate number 512.

Certificate number 51290.

The Beatles Lord of the Rings. So many he's pretty tall.

Bilboo, Bilboo Baggs.

The gravest little Hobbit of the Mall.

You and I are fortunate enough to know a lot of interesting people even if we ourselves are not that interesting.

That's right.

That's how you know you've lived a good life.

If you're always hanging out with people less interesting than you. Yeah.

I mean somebody's got to do it.

Look around the room.

The mark is you.

Half the time, you know in any relationship,

half of those people are talking to someone less interesting than themselves.

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