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Turtle Soup (Entry 1351.SS0212)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In which the great gourmet food of 19th-century "frolics" suddenly disappears from American menus, and John thinks humankind often looks to weasels. Certificate #32793.

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We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:07.0

We are receiving 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.

0:21.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

0:26.1

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. This is our time capsule. This is the

0:46.4

omnibus. So, You have accessed entry 1351. S. 212 certificate number2793.

1:24.0

Turtle Soup.

1:28.0

Beautiful soup. So rich and green.

1:32.0

I turned 50 not long ago, late spring.

1:36.0

Congratulations.

1:37.0

Yeah, people were, people say that.

1:40.0

Your birthday party was amazing.

1:42.0

That I didn't invite you too?

1:44.0

Yeah, that's right.

1:45.0

Well, I never, are you precious about birthdays?

1:47.8

Are you like...

1:48.8

Me too.

1:49.8

I wouldn't tell anybody that I was having a birthday if it weren't for Facebook.

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