# The world isn't ending on 12/21

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-isnt-ending-on-12-21/621616 "2012-05-11T15:19:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-isnt-ending-on-12-21/621616/1 "2012-05-11T15:19:36Z")

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[New Mayan calendar found, researchers say the Maya believed in cyclical time.](http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/05/10/whew-the-world-isn%E2%80%99t-ending-in-2012-after-all/)

Archaeologists found a room where Mayan astronomers wrote records on the wall 1200 years ago (and, if I know astronomers, they also wrote contact information for at least one takeout restaurant there).

The Maya did not predict that 12/21/2012 will be the end of the world. If anyone was thinking about running up their credit card bills in anticipation of the end, that’s probably not a good idea in light of recent research.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-world-isnt-ending-on-12-21/621616/2 "2012-05-11T15:24:02Z")

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Too bad. Dick Clark’s demise was too well timed.