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| Once upon a time |
| out on the unfashionable end of the Western Arm of the Milky Way |
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| was a quiet and unregarded blue-green planet. |
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| One day, this planet was destroyed in order to make room for a hyperspace bypass. |
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| Upon this planet there lived a certain man. |
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| Errrr.... no, I mean this man. |
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| Arthur Dent |
| Unknown to Arthur, his best friend, Ford Prefect, was actually an alien from a planet near Betelgeuse. |
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| With Ford's help, Arthur Dent escaped his planet's destruction and set off on a series of travels through both space and time. His companion and guide during his journey was a remarkable electronic book. |
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| Errrr... no, this book. |
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| Thanks to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur learned the two most important tips in surviving the harrowing dangers of interstellar travel. The first is that a towel is the single most useful item a galactic hitchhiker can have. The second is a piece of sage advice... |
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