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🗓️ 23 July 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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In which over a century of mathematicians are unable to solve a geometry problem straight out of a coloring book, computers provide their first ever math "proof," and Ken challenges John to map a donut. Certificate #28876.
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0:00.0 | Omnibuses a production at iHeart Radio. |
0:02.0 | We are going to the board emergency for the first time in a |
0:07.0 | position, yes, and uh... |
0:10.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can |
0:17.9 | only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
0:23.3 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, |
0:26.9 | we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
0:30.7 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and |
0:34.1 | esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
0:36.5 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just |
0:40.1 | reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you. |
0:45.5 | This is our time capsule. |
0:47.4 | This is the omnibus. Yeah, Oh, oh, oh, oh, You have accessed entry 495. |
1:15.0 | NU 263 |
1:21.0 | certificate number 288. |
1:26.4 | The four-color map problem. |
1:29.4 | So now let's do this one. |
1:30.8 | We could use blue again. |
1:32.0 | And we can use blue again for that one. |
1:34.0 | So here we can't use blue, we can't use purple. |
1:38.0 | We can use orange. |
1:39.0 | We can use orange, why not? |
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