The Christmas Truce (Entry 220.LK0214)
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🗓️ 20 December 2018
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In which peace and holiday good will break out on the western front in 1914, partly due to the work of suffragettes, and it changes the tourism industry forever. Also, Ken defends fruitcake. Certificate #31405.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. |
| 0:07.0 | We are seeing this message. |
| 0:11.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can |
| 0:16.0 | only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.6 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this |
| 0:25.5 | monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:28.8 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 0:35.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 0:43.6 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.5 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have access entry 220. |
| 1:13.0 | LK0214, certificate number 3.14, |
| 1:19.0 | The Christmas truce. So. So we've just passed the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I, the |
| 1:51.0 | armistice day, November 11th, 1918. |
| 1:55.0 | Fun fact I learned about armistice. |
| 1:58.0 | It means the arms hold still, just like our word solstice means, |
| 2:02.0 | the sun holds still. Isn't that soul stis means, the sun holds still? |
| 2:04.5 | Isn't that crazy? |
| 2:05.5 | Amestis, the arms hold still? |
| 2:07.5 | I guess. |
| 2:08.5 | I like it. |
| 2:09.5 | Those are the only words that end with stis except for justice, which I do not think means the just hold still the |
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