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Afsnit: 672
Gns. varighed: 1T 31M
Sprog: Engelsk
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Kategori: Historie

Every week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.

Episodes

Muzak (Entry 820.1S1616)In which a series of engineers, entrepreneurs, and classic TV producers discover that America wants gentle music piped into its public spaces, and Ken likes piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. Certificate #54082.
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1T 34M
We Now Conclude Our Broadcast Day (Entry 1422.PS0305)In which television stations spend decades signing off every night after the national anthem, and John likes to keep a stiff upper lip during Mormon TV ads. Certificate #31942.
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1T 31M
The MGM Auction (Entry 783.JB2813)In which wheeler-dealers and Debbie Reynolds pillage a priceless trove of movie treasure for pennies on the dollar, and Ken has never been in his own conference room. Certificate #38661.
670
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1T 34M
Allan Bakke, M.D. (Entry 093.SS0510)In which a Marine vet and NASA engineer changes the course of American public policy when he fails to get into medical school, and John has no pith. Certificate #29277.
669
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1T 31M
Radioactive Boy (Entry 1026.JB4132)In which a Detroit-area teen overachieves in Boy Scouts by trying to build a nuclear reactor in a potting shed, and Ken only wants capitalized toys. Certificate #50176.
668
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1T 56M
Dollar Princesses (Entry 370.NU3603)In which a generation of English peers and their sons look to fix their leaky castle roofs by marrying wealthy American "buccaneers," and John has never kidnapped anyone in Bulgaria. Certificate #33143.
667
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1T 42M
Teddy Girls (Entry 1283.PR3122)In which the dandyish vintage finds of postwar British teens set a blueprint for the rest of 20th-century youth fashion, and Ken keeps getting hit in the head by nose flutes on the bus. Certificate #13953.
666
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1T 12M
The Integratron (Entry 650.SS0117)In which a 700-year-old Venusian designs a mysterious whitewashed dome in the Mojave Desert, and John would like to change history at the mutiny on the Bounty. Certificate #13181.
665
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1T 21M
Chemtrails (Entry 212.AM0407)In which internet-era conspiracy theorists become convinced that jet contrails are weather control masterminded from Fairbanks, Alaska, and Ken thinks John sounds like a Muppet for exactly one syllable. Certificate #52946.
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1T 31M
Ex-Millionaires (Entry 438.EC0514)In which some of the bankers who lost their shirts in the Great Depression find a cushy retirement in the Bronx instead of jumping out windows, and John will never say anyone isn't gay. Certificate #35727.
663
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1T 17M

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