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Race Result Details |
| Racer | Mentosan (mentosan) |
| Race Number | 1280 |
| Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2017 13:49:21 +0000 |
| Speed |
96 WPM
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| Accuracy | 97.2% |
| Rank | 3rd place (out of 5) |
| Opponents | alan0 (2nd place) hassanatk (4th place) k3n74r0 (5th place) ptes77 (1st place) |
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At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all, they were not absolutely sure it was an extraterrestrial message. A premature or mistaken announcement would be a public relations disaster. But worse than that, it would interfere with the data analysis. If the press descended, the science would surely suffer.
— Contact
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by Carl Sagan
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