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. Okay. You have accessed entry 1412 M.T. 1-12.

Certificate number 1589, Washington, CSA.

W-A-S-H-I-N-G, T-O-N-B-B-D, D-N-G-T-O-N-B-D-C-S-I-N-G.

Sounds like a CBS procedural show.

My parents love in Washington CSA.

Harper Valley CSA.

They just love Jimmy Smiths and Gary Sinise solving those crimes.

CSA in this case referring to the Confederate States of America am I right?

CSA, that's the only CSA I know.

Yep.

What if Washington, D.C.

were part of the, we're the capital of the Confederacy?

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