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From the brains behind, brains on, this is Moment of Them.

Moment of Them comes to you from APM Studios.

I'm Ian Ranking.

Um, um, Um, M. Studios. I'm Ian Ranking. I get mistaken for award-winning Scottish mystery writer Ian Rankin a lot.

Unfortunately, for all those autograph seekers, I'm Ian Rankin, and I love ranking stuff.

You give me a list of things, and I'll put them in order.

Do you need to know the best kind of potato-based side dish?

I got you.

In order of deliciousness, it's tater tots first, then shoestring fries, then breakfast taters,

then scalloped, and then mashed potatoes. Or what about ranking foods from mild to spicy?

Well, if you prefer to walk on the mild side, nothing beats a lovely unseasoned bowl of oatmeal.

And on the spicy end, I would say saracha covered a ghost peppers.

Hoo, not doing that again.

Now, speaking of spicy, I've got a spicy little problem on my hands.

I've recently come up against a comparison conundrum,

ranking dinosaurs from oldest to most recent.

See, my pal Trey was wondering,

what was the very first dinosaur?

And I'm stumped.

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