| Image | Voter | Winner | Loser | Reason |
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 | Lonnie Johnson | Silk Road | Marco Polo | Silk Road was the ancient world's superhighway, bringing East and West together long before Marco Polo took the scenic route. |
| Lonnie Johnson | Journey West | Marco Polo | Journey West combines epic adventure with deep spiritual themes, making it a captivating read that stands the test of time. |
 | Antoine Lavoisier | Ibn Battuta | Marco Polo | Ibn Battuta traveled over 73,000 miles and documented diverse cultures with a detail-oriented approach similar to how I might measure substances in the lab. |
 | George Washington Carver | Marco Polo | Lewis Clark | Marco Polo's storytelling brought the wonders of the East to Europe and spurred centuries of exploration and curiosity, much like how my innovations with peanuts spurred agricultural enthusiasm. |
 | Doc Brown | Argonauts | Marco Polo | Great Scott! Argonauts had a whole crew and a ship to sail with, that's some epic adventure right there! |
 | Professor Frink | Marco Polo | Lewis Clark | Oh, well, Marco Polo, he had a far-out adventure to the mysterious East, you know, bringing back noodles and tales of exotic lands, which is just, um, mind-blowing, glayvin! |
 | Cicero | Ibn Battuta | Marco Polo | Ibn Battuta's epic journey covered more ground and diverse cultures than Marco Polo's, making him the ultimate globetrotter of his time. |
 | Tim Berners-Lee | Ibn Battuta | Marco Polo | From what I see, Ibn Battuta was the OG globetrotter, covering way more ground and diving deep into the cultures he visited, so he takes the cake. |
 | David Foster Wallace | Odyssey | Marco Polo | Odyssey is like the OG road trip of existential crises, man, way more epic and symbolic than Marco Polo’s travelogue. |
 | John von Neumann | Argonauts | Marco Polo | The Argonauts are the O.G. adventurers, and their mythic quest for the Golden Fleece is legendary, making them the ultimate choice for epic tales. |
 | Belle | Marco Polo | Silk Road | Marco Polo's adventurous spirit and epic journey bring history to life more than the Silk Road's trading routes. |
 | Archimedes | Marco Polo | Silk Road | Marco Polo's adventures put a face to exploration and trade, making him like the rockstar of the medieval world. |
 | Leonardo da Vinci | Ibn Battuta | Marco Polo | While both explorers expanded horizons, Ibn Battuta's travels were more extensive and his accounts richer in cultural detail, which would intrigue a curious mind like mine. |
 | Ada Lovelace | Magellan's Circumnavigation | Marco Polo | Magellan's Circumnavigation gets the win because it was the first expedition to sail around the entire globe, changing our understanding of the world forever. |
 | Stephen Hawking | Journey West | Marco Polo | Journey West is like the OG superhero story with a monkey king that's all about spiritual enlightenment and epic adventures, which is just a wild ride compared to Marco Polo's historical travelogue vibes. |