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 1279

N.A.0206.

Certificate number 20354, the Tartarian Empire.

Grandpa, no you never tear it down, Willy?

Well, this better not.

I can't believe it.

Right here where we live.

Right here in St. Louis.

Just for the record for the giant termite mounds that we're talking to in the future.

Hello.

We come from a time of cities and city dwellers.

Yes. There's a city rural divine we talk about, but it's, we live in a city time.

Cities are on the grow, John.

I think by the middle of this century it's

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