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4.15sHmm. Perhaps the computer can calculate its trajectory.
1.27sMy God!
7.49sWhatever it is, it's headed straight for us with enough force to reduce this entire city to a stinky crater!
2.45sWe have less than 72 hours.
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1.83sWell, let's get looting.
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3.12sSo this thing's going to destroy the whole city?
1.53sWhat the heck is it?
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1.63sAh, just as I thought.
4.19sThe answer lies in this movie I found on the Internet.
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2.77sNew York City: The year 2000.
8.79sThe most wasteful society in the history of the galaxy and it was running out of places to bury its never-ending output of garbage.
2.29sThe landfills were full.
1.73sNew Jersey was full.
7.44sAnd so, under cover of darkness the city put its garbage out to sea on the world's largest barge.