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 are accessing entry 1414.

P.S.6301.

Certificate number 3303.

Certificate number 3393935.

Water Wars.

Gonna be a lot of irate citizens when they find out that they're paying for water that

they're not going to get.

Oh, that's all taken care of.

See Mr. Gibbs, either you bring the water to LA, or you bring

LA to the water.

How are you going to do that?

By incorporating the valley into the city.

Simple as that.

So, as you probably know, the Western United States and the South Western United States are naturally deserts.

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