[ WP ] You accidentally discover the sentence of death ( a sentence that kills anyone who hears it except the speaker ) when you say it over national television .

**Item Number**: SCP-4059 
 
 **Object Class: ** Keter 
 
 **Special Containment Procedures: ** SCP-4059 is currently written down on a slip of paper contained within the Level 5 Memetics Vault in Site-42. Only the Site Director and the O5 Council are authorized to open the vault. 
 Mobile Task Force Lambda-3 ( `` Speak No Evil'' ) is to be on standby in case of a containment breach to execute Procedure Lethe-09. 
 
 
 **Description: ** SCP-4059 is a Sanskrit phrase that acts as a cognitohazard in sapient organisms, such as humans. When spoken aloud, SCP-4059 causes rapid degradation of the cerebrum in all sapient organisms within audible range, beginning with the temporal lobe, then degrading the parietal, occipital, and frontal lobes. Victims are cognizant of the process. For unknown reasons, the speaker is exempt from this effect. The effect is preserved across digital media. 
 
 It is unclear from where SCP-4059 originated. SCP-4059's effect was originally discovered during a live screening of the television show *The Oprah Winfrey Show* in 2005, where the titular host invited an archaeologist to speak for context involving a paternity dispute. The archaeologist uttered the phrase, which immediately caused the deaths of all present, as well as five million television viewers. Internet footage of the event immediately went viral, further spreading SCP-4059. 
 The Foundation immediately initiated Procedure Lethe-09, which successfully halted the spread of the contagion, although approximately two hundred fifty million deaths occurred. The archaeologist was captured attempting to flee the United States. He was interrogated ( his vocal cords were removed to avoid exposure to the phrase ), but refused to divulge any information about SCP-4059 save the phrase itself, which he wrote on a piece of paper. Following the interview, the anthropologist was made a D-Class. He was killed during a containment breach of [ REDACTED ]. 
 
 
 
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