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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.
2.35sWe grew fat and domesticated.
3.37s(MEOWS) Thousands of years passed,
2.65sand our home world was nearing total destruction.
1.9s(CATS MEOWING IN AGONY)
2.8s
1sMAN: Shut up!
4.45s(WINDOW SLAMS SHUT) But the technology to save our planet was lost.
4.24sLost, that is, until I heard you speak at Mars University.
4sSo, you called my thesis a fat sack of barf, and then you stole it?
1.37sWelcome to academia.
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