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From the Ted Talk by John Hodgman: Design, explained.
Unscramble the Blue Letters
It was first eatexvcad in 1961 as they were building LAX, although scstietins believe that it dates back to the year 2000 Before Common Era, when it was used as a busy transdimensional space port by the ancient astronauts who first colonized this planet and raised our species from sraeavgy by giving us the gift of written language and technology and the gift of revolving restaurants.
It is thought to have been a replacement for the older sapce ports located, of course, at Stonehenge and crinoedesd to be quite an improvement due to the uncluttered design, the lack of druids hanging around all the time and obviously, the much better access to parking. When it was uncovered, it ushered in a new era of streamlined, archaically fsrituuitc design called Googie, which came to be synonymous with the Jet Age, a misnomer. After all, the ancient anstturaos who used it did not travel by jet very often, pireerfnrg instead to travel by fheteeard serpent powered by crystal skulls.
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It was first _________ in 1961 as they were building LAX, although __________ believe that it dates back to the year 2000 Before Common Era, when it was used as a busy transdimensional space port by the ancient astronauts who first colonized this planet and raised our species from ________ by giving us the gift of written language and technology and the gift of revolving restaurants.
It is thought to have been a replacement for the older _____ ports located, of course, at Stonehenge and __________ to be quite an improvement due to the uncluttered design, the lack of druids hanging around all the time and obviously, the much better access to parking. When it was uncovered, it ushered in a new era of streamlined, archaically __________ design called Googie, which came to be synonymous with the Jet Age, a misnomer. After all, the ancient __________ who used it did not travel by jet very often, __________ instead to travel by _________ serpent powered by crystal skulls.
Solution
- excavated
- space
- scientists
- preferring
- futuristic
- savagery
- astronauts
- considered
- feathered
Original Text
It was first excavated in 1961 as they were building LAX, although scientists believe that it dates back to the year 2000 Before Common Era, when it was used as a busy transdimensional space port by the ancient astronauts who first colonized this planet and raised our species from savagery by giving us the gift of written language and technology and the gift of revolving restaurants.
It is thought to have been a replacement for the older space ports located, of course, at Stonehenge and considered to be quite an improvement due to the uncluttered design, the lack of druids hanging around all the time and obviously, the much better access to parking. When it was uncovered, it ushered in a new era of streamlined, archaically futuristic design called Googie, which came to be synonymous with the Jet Age, a misnomer. After all, the ancient astronauts who used it did not travel by jet very often, preferring instead to travel by feathered serpent powered by crystal skulls.
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