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 number 865.1c0924,

certificate number 289. 0924, 924, the Olympic marathon of 1904. Do you like the Olympics, John, are you an Olympic fan? Do you generally have Olympic fever every two to four years?

When I was a kid, I was hugely into the Olympic. have Olympic fever every two to four years.

When I was a kid I was hugely into the Olympics, the Leroy Neiman era of

Florid, California.

Painted Olympics.

I think I'm exactly the age that does not remember the Munich Olympics

but does remember the 76 the 76 Montreal. Nadia.

That's right, Nadea Cominichi.

I'm a little younger than you and I have an Olympic gap because of Jimmy Carter boycotting in 1980s.

You know, there's this eight-year Olympic wasteland wasteland which is harder on the athletes than for me, but you know I'm a victim to I guess

Well harder on the whole history of the Olympics do you do you but you remember when the Olympic year was winter, summer in the same year.

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