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2.74sOur planet's rotation was gradually slowing.
1.97sAt first, it seemed beneficial.
2.3sLong, dark nights for sleeping,
2.44slong, sunny days for sleeping.
1.88sBut then it got too hot.
1.67s(MEOWING IN PAIN)
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1sAnd too cold.
1.54s(SHUDDERING)
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2.92sOur top scientists went to work.
6.67sAt last, they located a planet with the necessary orientation and magnetic field to harness its rotational energy.
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1.8sEarth! Indubitably.
1.97sAlthough we call it Blue Blue Shiny Ball.
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1.32s(MEOWING)
1.47sIn the area now known as Egypt,
6.54smy people constructed a giant, semi-octahedral antenna to beam Earth's rotational energy to Thuban.
1.93sAMY: The Great Pyramid at Giza!
3.44sKATZ: Yes. The Egyptians viewed us as gods,
3.24sbut ironically, that was our downfall.
4.89sThey pampered us with feasts most fancy and victuals most tender.