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Every Capital

December 28, 2017

A trivia buff fails on Nigeria's capital, then switches to boasting about knowing every capital on Mars (vacuously true: there are none).

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Transcript

A: "I can name the capital of every country on Earth!" B: "Okay. Nigeria." A: "Easy! Lagos!" B: "Nope. Biggest city, yes. But Abuja's the capital."

[Pause]

A: "I can name the capital of every country on Mars!" B: "I am awed in exact proportion to your achievement."

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