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[[A twin prop airplane flies high overhead.]]
Off-screen person: What's that airplane?
[[The plane lands, a pilot steps out and waves to the crowd.]]
Off-screen person: Holy crap - Is that Amelia Earhart?
[[The frame shows a close up of Amelia Earhart.]]
Amelia: Hey everyone! My flight was a success!
Off-screen person: But... Where were you?
[[The frame shows a wide view of Amelia again, she stops waving.]]
Amelia: I flew around the world!
Off-screen person: But you disappeared in 1937!
Amelia: Right, to fly around the world.
Off-screen person: It's 2011!
Amelia: The world is big. It's a long flight.
Off-Screen person: But you...
Off-Screen person: It's not...
Off-Screen person: I-
Amelia: Can I talk to someone smarter?
{{Title text: The Roanoke Lost Colonists founded Roanoke, the Franklin Expedition reached the Pacific in 2009 when the Northwest Passage opened, and Jimmy Hoffa currently heads the Teamsters Union--he just started going by 'James'.}}
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